SEPARATOR SIZING EXAMPLE CA

DESIGN CONDITIONS:
Gas flow rate Oil flow rate Operating pressure Operating temperature Flowing gas densityd Dg Flowing oil density dL Separator type L Liquid full Constant K (Table) 32 3000 800 80 3.4 20.3 51.5 40 Vertical 10 30 0.3 MMSCFD BPD psig F bs/ft mol. wt. Gas lbs/ft3 API oil two-phase ft % 3

Tentatively assume 10 feet shell Table).

The maximum allowable supe

Liquid

The li Liquid capacity is

Note: The constant 379.5 is the molar volume at standard conditions of 14.696 psia and 60F.

ZING EXAMPLE CALCULATION

ntatively assume 10 feet shell height, 30% liquid full and use K value of 0.3 (see ble). The maximum allowable superficial velocity of the gas (Va) is: Actual volume flow rate of gas: Min. gas flow area: Min. ID of separator: Liquid volume, V (excluding bottom head): 1.1284 ft/seg 5.8270 ft3/seg 5.1640 ft2 30.7701 in 3.1734 bls

The liquid capacity of the separator is: Liquid capacity is satisfactory for design based on: And vertical separator size:

4570 bpd 33 in ID 10 ft

Ing. Jos Montejo