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Objectives PROCESS DATA Operating pressure Operating temperature Gas Flow rate Molecular weight z Factor Viscosity Oil Flow rate Density Water Flow rate Density 20 psig o 94 F 5 MMscfd 31.47 0.9800 0.8 cP 7600 BOPD 3 53.90 lb/ft 32400 BWPD 3 57.38 lb/ft
V-300

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Adequacy Check New Horizontal Separator VESSEL DIMENSION Inside Diameter Length T/T 120 in 23 ft

Liquid level Oil LOSHH 27 in LOSH 23 in NOLL 10.5 in LOSL 7 in LOSLL 5 in Liquid level Water LISHH 10.5 in LISH 8 in NILL 7 in LISL 6 in LISLL 4 in Weir Height 20.5 in Nozzle size Inlet Schoepentoeter or equivalent 20 in Gas outlet 12 in Water outlet 6 in Oil outlet 10 in

DESIGN CRITERIA Type of wire mesh K factor Settling Time LSH - TOV LSH - LSL (working level) LSL - BOV Nozzle criteria Inlet Gas outlet Liquid outlet Mesh Pad 0.35 ft/s

(K factor is 0.22 - 0.39 ft/s)

Ref. 2

5 minutes

or min

12 in 12 in 6 in

.v2 .v2 velocity

2 4000 lb/ft/s 2 2500 lb/ft/s 6 ft/s

STANDARD & CODE 1 API 12J, Specification for Oil and Gas Separator 2 GPSA Engineering Data Book 12th edition 2004, Section 7 3 Deflector baffle equivalent to schoepentoeter

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PROPERTIES Mass flow rate Actual flow rate Molecular weight z Factor Density Viscosity lb/s ft3/s Gas 4.81 25.63 31.47 0.98 0.19 0.80 Oil 26.62 0.49 53.90 V-300

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Water 120.81 2.11 57.38 -

Liquid 147.43 2.60 56.72 -

Mixture 152.23 28.23

lb/ft3 cP

5.39

SEPARATOR SIZING K factor correction Terminal velocity, Vt Horizontal gas velocity Liquid dropout time 0.76 ft/s 6.37 ft/s 1.30 ft/s 0.21 s Required 4.03 0.27 Available 68.02 13.67 Remark Separation is OK Separation is OK

Gas cross section area, ft2 Gas path length, ft LEVEL RETENTION TIME ToV - LOSH LOSH - LISL (working level) LISL - BOV NOZZLE SIZING

97 in 17 in 6 in

3 1166.45086 ft 3 147.020193 ft 3 21.9676242 ft

7.48 min 0.94 min 0.14 min

OK Not OK OK

Calculated Inlet Schoepentoeter or equivalent 13.79 in Gas outlet 6.38 in Water outlet 8.02 in Oil outlet 3.88 in

Existing 20 12 6 10 in in in in

Existing .v2 2 903 lb/ft/s 2 200 lb/ft/s 2 6598 lb/ft/s 2 855 lb/ft/s

Remark OK OK Nozzle is under size OK

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SKETCH V-300

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N2

N1

LOSHH 27 in LOSH 23 in LISHH 11 in LISH 8 in NILL 7 in LISL 6 in LISLL 4 in NOLL 11 in LOSL 7 in LOSLL 5 in

Weir 21 in

120 in

N3
L1 = 13.7 ft

N4
9.3 ft

Where: N1 = Nozzle inlet N2 = Nozzle gas outlet N3 = Nozzle Water outlet N4 = Nozzle Oil outlet