PROCESS CALCULATION

HORIZONTAL SEPARATOR - ADEQUACY CHECK SHEET

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Objectives Adequacy Check New Horizontal Separator

PROCESS DATA VESSEL DIMENSION

Operating pressure 900 psig Inside Diameter 42 in

Operating temperature 250 oF Length T/T 16 ft
Gas
Flow rate 30 MMscfd Liquid level Oil
Molecular weight 31.47 LOSHH 27 in
z Factor 0.9800 LOSH 23 in
Viscosity 0.8 cP NOLL 10.5 in
Oil LOSL 7 in
Flow rate 1000 BOPD LOSLL 5 in
Density 47.10 lb/ft3 Liquid level Water
Water LISHH 10.5 in
Flow rate 250 BWPD LISH 8 in
Density 57.38 lb/ft3 NILL 7 in
LISL 6 in
LISLL 4 in
Weir Height 20.5 in
Nozzle size
Inlet Schoepentoeter or 10 in
Gas outlet 10 in
Water outlet 3 in
Oil outlet 3 in
DESIGN CRITERIA

Type of wire mesh Mesh Pad

K factor 0.35 ft/s (K factor is 0.22 - 0.39 ft/s) Ref. 2

Settling Time
LSH - TOV 12 in
LSH - LSL (working level) 5 minutes or min 12 in
LSL - BOV 6 in

Nozzle criteria
Inlet ρ.v2 4000 lb/ft/s2
Gas outlet ρ.v2 2500 lb/ft/s2
Liquid outlet velocity 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
Gas Oil Water Liquid
Mass flow rate lb/s 28.83 3.06 0.93 3.99
Actual flow rate ft /s
3
7.48 0.06 0.02 0.08
Molecular weight 31.47 - - -
z Factor 0.98 - - -
Density lb/ft3 3.86 47.10 57.38 49.15
Viscosity cP 0.80 - - -

SEPARATOR SIZING

K factor correction 0.76 ft/s

Terminal velocity, Vt 6.37 ft/s
Horizontal gas velocity 1.30 ft/s
Liquid dropout time 0.21 s

Required Available Remark

Gas cross section area, ft2 1.17 4.52 Separation is OK
Gas path length, ft 0.27 13.67 Separation is OK

LEVEL RETENTION TIME

ToV - LOSH 19 in ### ft3 12.85 min OK

LOSH - LISL (working level) 17 in ### ft3 13.95 min OK
LISL - BOV 6 in ### ft3 2.49 min OK

NOZZLE SIZING
Calculated Existing Existing ρ.v2 Remark
Inlet Schoepentoeter or equivalen 6.76 in 10 in 834 lb/ft/s2 OK
Gas outlet 7.34 in 10 in 725 lb/ft/s2 OK
Water outlet 2.00 in 3 in 6 lb/ft/s2 OK
Oil outlet 2.00 in 3 in 6 lb/ft/s2 OK
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Mixture
32.82
7.56
-
-
4.34
-

Remark
Separation is OK
Separation is OK
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SKETCH

N2

N1

LOSHH 27 in
LOSH 23 in Weir 21 in 42 in
LISHH 11 in NOLL 11 in
LISH 8 in LOSL 7 in
NILL 7 in LOSLL 5 in
0
LISL 6 in
LISLL 4 in

N3 N4

L1 = 13.7 ft 2.3 ft

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