HORIZONTAL SEPARATOR

Calculation note

HORIZONTAL SEPARATOR
USER GUIDE
Horizontal separator
Version
Creation date
Correspondant
Last revision

horizontal separators sizing

1.12
06/1999 by X. Sturbois
L.Van de Velde & J. Saada
29/09/2005

This calculation sheet is the property of the TECHNIP Group and shall not be disclosed to others or reproduced in any
manner without its permission.
1 REFERENCE
This note is in accordance with DATA BOOK, Chapter I, rv 3 of TECHNIP GE/P312/1.1.2
2 ASUMPTIONS
- baffle height is equal to iLSHH level
- When used, the baffle is immerged (no overflowing baffle)
- Volumes are calculated without taking into account the drum ends
Note: Drums section of the Technip data book is to be known regarding drum design criteria before using this worksheet.
3 VALIDITY DOMAIN
NA
4 GOAL
Purposes are multiple:
- To round the levels given by the computer calculations and check if criteria are still respected.
- To compare two geometries (boot or not, )
- To use a sheet as a normal calculation sheet (revamping, )
5 HOW TO USE THIS WORKSHEET
There is two main ways to use this excel sheet:
1) Computer drum arrangement:
Based on the:
- Fluid data
- Drum geometry
- Design criteria

Computer calculations can be started (by pressing "calculate" button) in order to determine the drum diameter as well as the lev
corresponding to the design criteria, results are displayed in the computer results section.
2) User drum arrangement:
Based on the:
- Fluid DATA
- Design criteria
User must (in the user selection section)
- Choose a geometry (or copy the one used for computer calculations)
- Fix the levels (or copy the ones given by the computer calculations)
The various parameters are calculated and formatted with respect to design criteria satisfaction.
6 DATA
The drum can have a baffle and/or a boot.
This excel sheet is able to calculate/design 2 phases (with different mixtures) and 3 phases separators:
2 phases:
- Gas & Oil
- Gas & Water
- Gas & Oil/Water mixture
- Oil & Water
3 phases:
- Gas & Oil & Water
7 RESULTS

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Results are displayed into protected boxes.

Both computer drum arrangement and user drum arrangement can be plotted.
8 CHECKING
Programming Checking:
- Units conversion utility
- Length/Ratio conversions utilities
- Cell values recovering in other cells
No programming problems have been encountered during the tests.
Calculations checking:
- Critical velocity calculation
- Volumes calculations
(Comparison between cases carried out with this excel sheet and corresponding "handmade" calculations)
Tests have been carried out with different cases created in different projects (for checking):
- AKPO - 5DS3110 A/B 3 phases separator (baffle, no boot)
- KART - 3 phases separator (no baffle, boot)
- NEB - 3 phases separator (not yet because of a protection bug)
No problems have been encountered for Critical velocity and volumes calculations.

Bugs/Problems encountered:
- If the mini levels (in the design criteria part of the sheet) are not expected values (i.e. the most restricting values and n
desired values), the program will crash during its initialisation (note that indicative values are given in the cells notes for help).
Commonly, this sheet/program have not been debugged for abnormal use and unexpected values entered by the user.
- Protection problem: impossibility to open a case created by someone else in certain cases.

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HORIZONTAL SEPARATOR SIZING

FLUID DATA

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O P

SIZING CASE:

Made by

Date

Rev

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Gas
Oil
Water

Normal Flow Rate

22420
kg/h
250
bpd
250
bpd

DRUM GEOMETRY
Shell
Baffle
Vessel

L/D ratio
is not

Margin
1
1
1

kg/h x
bpd x
bpd x

Mini btw

21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36 ##
37
38 ##
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46 ##
47
48
49
50
51
52

levels
reference
iLSLL
iLSL
iNLL
iLSH
iLSHH
LSLL
LSL
NLL
LSH
LSHH
Mist elim.
Diameter
Notes

[meter]
0.00001
0.15
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.15
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.1

Gas
Oil
Water

L/Disratio 3.0
at
70
% of the shell length
Baffle
equipped with a boot
is not

Critical Velocity =
0.73
based on ro oil & ro gas

20

Design Flow (Used for Calculations)

22420 kg/h
<=> #VALUE! m3/s
250
bpd
<=> #VALUE! m3/s
250
bpd
<=> #VALUE! m3/s

Res.
time
[s]
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
1
0.1
0.1

Density
7.035 kg/m3
777.4 kg/m3
1012 kg/m3

Viscosity
0.01 cP
5
cP
0.9 cP

3 phases

DESIGN CRITERIA

16
17
18
19

=
=
=

COMPUTER RESULTS
with L/D =
3.00
baffle @
70
no boot

m/s

Max.
% Levels
Gas vel dia
[%critvel] [%]
[m]

150
170
220
300

50
75

btw Lev./dia.
Levels
[%]
[m]
-

dimensions

Calculate

USER SELECTION
Copy config.Copy levels
with L/D = with L/D
3 =>= length is
7.50 m
baffle @
70.0 % of length
5.25 m
%=>of length
baffle
@
without boot
0.00
without boot
0.00

Plot

=> length is
% of length => @

0.00
0.00

m
m

Volume Gas
consid. surf
[m2]
[m3]
-

Res.
Time
[sec.]
-

Gas Crit.
vel Vel
[m/s] [%]

MISCELLANEOUS
Liquid / liquid decantation
### [m]
wat in oil
### [m]
oil in wat

dimensions

Levels

btw

Lev./dia.

[m]
0.000
0.150
0.250
0.550
0.850
0.950
0.150
0.250
1.250
1.550
1.650
1.950
2.500

Levels
[m]
0.000
0.150
0.100
0.300
0.300
0.100
0.150
0.100
0.300
0.300
0.100
0.300
0.550

0
6
10
22
34
38
6
10
50
62
66
78
100

Volume
consid.
[m3]
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!

Gas
surf
[m2]

###
###
###
###

Res.
Time
[sec.]
###
###
###
###
###
###
###
###
###
###
###

Plot

Gas
vel
[m/s]

###
###
###
###

Crit.
Vel
[%]

###
###
###
###

MISCELLANEOUS
Water de-oiling in boot
[m]
oil in wat

Degassing
Liquid vel. [m/s] = #VALUE! ### #VALUE!
Defoaming
Liquid vel. [m/s] = #VALUE! ### #VALUE!

Liquid / liquid decantation

### [ m]
wat in oil
### [ m]
oil in wat

Water de-oiling in boot

[ m]
oil in wat
-

###

Degassing
Liquid vel. [m/s] = #VALUE! ### #VALUE!

###

###

Defoaming
Liquid vel. [m/s] = #VALUE! ### #VALUE!

###

Weight
virole
fonds

Weight

Cost

Cost

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WORKSHEET HISTORICS
Version Number

Creation date

Author

Evolution details

V1.0

6/10/1999

X.Sturbois

V1.0

5/19/2004

J. Saada

BALH_V1.0
- Worksheet standardisation

V1.1

7/26/2004

J. Saada

BALH_V1.1
- Correction of "liquid/liquid decantation" and "water de-oiling in boot" formulas in the USER
SELECTION \ Miscellaneous part of the "sparator sizing" sheet.

V1.0

9/16/2004

L. Van de Velde

Horizontal separator_V1.0
-Change of name

V1.1

12/22/2004

L. Van de Velde

Horizontal separator_V1.1
-upgrading of the protection system

V1.11

1/18/2005

L.Van de Velde

Horizontal separator_V1.11
- Erasing of the protection message when a protected cell is selected

V1.12

9/29/2005

L. Van de Velde

Horizontal separator_V1.12
- Form revision in order to be in accordance with TECHNIP Standard

Bal-H
- horizontal drum Sizing

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