‘Mini Plant’ Large Scale Three Phase Separator
The primary separation operation for crude oil occurs when the crude stream flows through a vessel of sufficient capacity to allow gravitational separation of the gas, liquid hydrocarbon and water phases. This process trainer blends air, water and refined oil to emulate a crude oil stream. This fluid mixture then flows into a horizontal separator vessel fabricated of clear PVC. Gas flow passes through a secondary vertical 2-phase separator, or knock-out ports to remove any further liquids from the gas stream. The separator is equipped with industry-typical process instrumentation. The entire trainer is controlled from a distributed control system (DCS).
Equipment Specification Highlights:
- Clear Acrylic/PVC separator vessels and process piping where possible
- 2 off 760 x 2150 mm (30” dia. x 84”) Acrylic horizontal separator vessels
- Electronic process measurement available in 4-20ma, 4-20mA with HART, Profibus PA or
- Level Measurement (choice of) - Bypass Chamber Magnetic, capacitance, ultrasonic, displacer, and guided wave radar
- Pressure measurement
- Flow Measurement (choice of) - Vortex, Swirl, Averaging Pitot, DP Orifice, Magflow, Ultrasonic and Turbine meters
- High-level (2 types) and pressure switches
- Centrifugal pump for water and gear pump for oil, both with variable speed drive
- On skid oil and water storage tanks
- Complete unit mounted on a steel structure/skid
- Completely mounted on a steel structure/skid (3 parts for transport, approx.. 5m x 3m x 3m)
- Approximate dimensions of assembled process skid – 10m long x 3m wide x 5 m high. Dimensions may be adjusted based on room size and layout
- Variable speed roots type air blower mounted on skid
- With an ESD system and Flame scanner Fire and Gas System
- Available in all world voltages/frequencies (customer to specify electrical power available)
Process Highlights:
- Continuously variable flow of process fluids: air, water, and oil
- Liquids are recycled, and air is vented
- Time to reach a steady state after a reasonable step change – less than 20 minutes
Controls Options:
- Industrial Standard PLC/SCADA or DCS
- Instruments by specific manufacturers on request