VERTICAL SEPARATOR CALCULATIONS Gas handling Capacity Calculation Qs= 67,824 Ks dxd Fg ( P/Ps)( Ts/ T)(1/Z) (L - g / g )^0.5 d = 0.

0188 ( m / Fg Ks )^0.5 / [ ( L - g ) g ]^0.25,ft internal vessel diameter

For vertical separators with vane pack or wire mist extractors :

0.23 < Ks < 0.35 ft/sec

Vt = Terminal particle velocity . ft/sec m = mas flow rate = 110 ( MMscfd) MW , lbm/hr Dp = Average particle diameter , ft . m = 10^(-6) m = 3.3 x 10^( - 6) ft L = Density of liquid particle , lbm/ft3 SGl = 141.5 / ( 131.5 + API) g = Density of gas particle , lbm/ft3. g = MW x P/( 10.73 x T x Z) g = Gas viscosity, lbm/ ft-sec ., Cp= 0.001 Kg/ m -s = 6.72 x 10^(-4) lbm/ ft-sec o = Oil viscosity , Cp w = Water viscosity , Cp g = Gravity = 32.2 ft/sec2 Cd = Drag coefficient Ks = Sizing coefficient , ft/sec Fg = Fracction of cross sectional area for gas flow P = Actual separator pressure , psia T = Actual separator temperature, R Ps = Standard pressure, psia Ts = Standard temperature, R Z = Gas compressibility factor Re = Reynold number Re = 1,488 x Dp x Vt x g / g(Cp) DATA: Qs = 10 MMscfd SGg = 0.6 g = 0.0135 Cp 9.072E-06 lbm/ft-sec P= 1000 psia T= 60 F 520 R Z= 0.83 Qo = 2000 Bbl/day of oil Dp = 100.00 m 3.300E-04 ft API = 40 0.825 SGl Qw = 0 Bbl/day of water MWg = 17.38 lb/mole m= 19116.24 lb/hr L = 51.410 lb/ft3 g = 3.753 lb/ft3 g= 32.2 ft/sec2 Trw = Tro 3 min. resident time of water and oil Vt = 1488x gxDp^2 x (L-g)/ 18 g , Stoke's Law for particles from 10 to 100 Vt= 1.02 ft/sec and Re < 2 Vt=Ks[(L-g)/g]^0.5 ft/sec for vertical separator

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Ks=

0.287 ft/sec 746.59

Gas capacity constraints : d^2 = 500x KsxTxQs/P= d = 27.32 inch, minimum for gas Liquid capacity constraint : d^2xh = Tr( Qo+Qw)/0.12 h= 66.97 Height of liquid volume,inch Ls-s = ( h+76)/12 Ls-s = 11.91 ft Liquid capacity constrain for vertical separator Tr 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 d(inch) 27 24 30 36 42 48 24 30 36 42 24 30 36 h(inch) 66.97 86.81 55.56 38.58 28.34 21.70 57.87 37.04 25.72 18.90 28.94 18.52 12.86 Ls-s(ft) 11.91 13.57 10.96 9.55 8.70 8.14 11.16 9.42 8.48 7.91 8.74 7.88 7.41 12 Ls-s/d 5.23 6.78 4.39 3.18 2.48 2.04 5.58 3.77 2.83 2.26 4.37 3.15 2.47

3<12Ls-s/d<4

it does not meet liquid capacity constrain

OK

OK

OK

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HORIZONTAL 3 PHASE SEPARATOR CALCULATIONS

For horizontal separators with vane pack or wire mist extractors :

0.23 < Ks < 0.5 ft/sec

Vt = Terminal particle velocity . ft/sec m = mas flow rate, lbm/hr Dp = Average particle diameter , ft . m = 10^(-6) m = 3.28.08 x 10^( - 6) ft Dp= 150 micron = 4.92E-04 ft L = Density of liquid particle , lbm/ft3 SGL = 141.5 / ( 131.5 + API), L = SGLx62.38 lb/ft^3 g = Density of gas particle , lbm/ft3. g = MW x P/( 10.73 x T x Z) g = Gas viscosity, lbm/ ft-sec . Cp= 0.001 Kg/ m -s = 6.72 x 10^(-4) lbm/ ft-sec o = Oil viscosity , Cp w = Water viscosity , Cp g = Gravity = 32.2 ft/sec2 Cd = Drag coefficient Ks = Sizing coefficient , ft/sec Fg = Fracction of cross sectional area for gas flow P = Actual separator pressure , psia T = Actual separator temperature, R Ps = Standard pressure, psia Ts = Standard temperature, R Z = Gas compressibility factor Re = Reynold number DATA: Qgs = SGg = Qactual g = o = P= T= Z= Qo = Dp = SGo SG Qw = SGw MWg = SGg = m= L = g =

50.00 MMscfd 0.638 0.66 0.0106 1.2 1009.70 93 0.86 1500 150.00 60.5 0.283 200.00 1.02 18.48 0.64 101426.69 45.921 3.664 42.257 32.20 10.00

NOTA: Multiplicar Qgs por 1.20 para tomar en cuenta los slugs en terreno plano y por 1.5 para terrenos ondulados con subidas y bajadas (J M Campbell) Qa= (PsxQgs/TsxZs)(ToxZo/Po) 7.123E-06 lb/ft sec 8.064E-04 lb/ft sec 553.00 R

MMacfd Cp Cp psia F

Bbl/day of oil m 4.921E-04 API 0.737 SGw - SGo Bbl/day of water lb/mole lb/hr lb/ft3 lb/ft3

ft

L-g
g= Trw = Tro

ft/sec2 min. resident time of water and oil

Gas handling capacity for a separator m = 3600x K x [(L-g) x g ]^0.5 , lb/hr, and w = 4 x m /( x d^2 x Fg), lb/ft^2-hr, equating these two eq. d = [ 0.0188 x (m/FgxK)] / [L-g) x g ]^0.5 normally 0.23 ft/sec.< K < 0.5 ft/sec for horizontal separators Select K= 0.5 ft/sec, and Fg =0.5 for liquid level at 50% of the diameter d= 3.795 ft 45.54 inches ( internal diameter of separator) GAS CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS dxLeff. = 42 x K x T x Qg/P, and 3.0 > 12Ls-s/d < 5.0, and Ls-s=Leff/0.75 dxLeff. = 575.07 d(inch) 45.54 36.00 42.00 48.00 54.00 Leff.(ft) 12.63 15.97 13.69 11.98 10.65 Ls-s(ft) 16.84 21.30 18.26 15.97 14.20 12Ls-s/d 4.44 7.10 5.22 3.99 3.16

OK NO NO OK OK

Gas handling Capacity Calculation Qs= 67,824x Ksx d^2xFgx ( P/Ps)x( Ts/ T)x(1/Z)x( L - g / g )^0.5 Qs= 6.2E+07 MMscfd for d = 3.889 ft diameter Va= K(L-g/g)^0.5 Allowable gas velocity Va= 1.70 ft/sec Re = 1,488 x Dp x Vt x g / g(Cp) Re = 429.82 Cross sectional area calculation to degas de liquid, assuming that larger than 200-300 micron gas bubbles leaves the V = gxDp^2x(L-g)/18o V= 6.31E-02 ft/sec Qo = 1500 Bbls/d = A = Qo/V 7.14 ft^2 Dp=250 microns = 8.20E-04 ft Normally max. settling velocity = 1.39x10^-2 ft/sec 0.45 Ft^3/sec

RETENTION TIME CONSTRAINTS FOR LIQUIDS d^2xLefff. = 2.6x[(Qw x Trw) + (Qo x Tro)] , and 3.0 > 12Ls-s/d < 5.0, and Ls-s=Leff/0.75 d^2xLefff. = 44200.00 d(inch) 42.00 46.00 48.00 54.00 56.00 58.00 Leff.(ft) 25.06 20.89 19.18 15.16 14.09 13.14 Ls-s(ft) 33.41 27.85 25.58 20.21 18.79 17.52 12Ls-s/d 9.55 7.27 6.39 4.49 4.03 3.62 NO NO NO OK OK OK

Z coeff.to calculate max.separato allow 500 water droplet to settle o

CALCULATE MAXIMUM OIL PAD THICKNESS (ho)max. = 320xTrox(SGw - Sgo)/o (ho)max. = 754.72 inches CALCULATE MAXIMUM DIAMETER FOR OIL PAD THICKNESS CONSTRANT Aw/Avessel = 0.5xQwxTrw / [QoxTro+QwxTrw] Aw/A = 0.0588 by interpolation Z= 0.420 ho = 22.68 inch or 42% of D (d)max = (ho)max/Z 1796.96 inches( internal diameter of separator) Conclusion: 1.Gas capacity does not govern 2.Oil pad thickness does not govern 3.Liquid retention constraint govern!

lugs en terreno plano M Campbell)

these two eq. or horizontal separators

icron gas bubbles leaves the liquid phase.

coeff.to calculate max.separator diameter to water droplet to settle out of oil pad

Aw/A

Z=ho/d

0.000 0.025 0.050 0.100 0.150 0.200 0.250 0.300 0.350 0.400 0.450 0.500

0.500 0.450 0.400 0.348 0.300 0.249 0.210 0.165 0.145 0.075 0.048 0.000

Ao Aw

ho hw