CFD ANALYSIS OF HORIZONTAL ELECTROSTATIC DESALTER- INFLUENCE OF HEADER OBSTRUCTION PLATE DESIGN ON CRUDE-WATER SEPARATION HUNNY BANSAL!, AMEENSAVAL? SDeeuruneel of Chemeoal Engineering. Thapar Unirecrsity, Patiala, Punjath-47004 Alniract: This paper sttempts io design x horirosisl electrostatic ceealier ao sindy the flow peviile of crude: i howimmtal dealer, The prsenac «nf salt in the crude il ix a proticas tw the resnericn. Wi camed incresorst communion and wil caine incre feaiong if eysiprnend ane hineer certain chersical A plrprical neactions. Sine the sall prewrt in Uk all is comtuiesl in the ‘nutey phate, te removal of salt ond water imualtanersly hy dlectstatie bl dehydraton i simple soften. Lig Tow behawker, wach as velocity distribution, it the electrostatic desaer is ef conshterate Importers in denerririag ‘desalier performance. Using the valimo-awveraged method. a compusaiimal flaid dyearics (C7) meadel wan proposed to describe the liquid flow: bekaviowr in a stractwed electrontatic desalter. The values of the pecmetricel paramesers anc ‘operation Reyrekits rumbser chat mark the sranaitions of tow regime in the Resalter are report, and the impact of ihn Dovey teh andtne i eilyoed. Veriton fa deter Seige ve bees dent soaraben the change in ede lion ‘The peeps way of Mon ia denser bas. Pecan ene in Plane. Bigpwerds: Eloctostatic Desalter, Mining, Tarbetess flow. Fd Mechanics, Gambit, Flee, CFT, INTRODUCTION = ‘The presente of all in the erade oil isa preter tn the producer. It canes increased conosion and will came increased fouling of equipment and hinder — ‘contain chemical and physacal reactions. Since the salt . Prose nt the oil ix Gontnined it the water plane, the umesn femoval of alt and water simultaneously hy — etecirosatic oil Gebydration is a simple solution. The ‘ae treating principle ix almust the same as the ‘hee ie: eae: —— treater with the exception of applying an electric fiekd Fhpare.) Flos bce! sherri (hee process mmrctermiven of ther for mie complese detytened. However, as we ‘hctrontate dxsaiter- cannot remove ull the water some salt will remain. _ Where high alt conceatrutios are present in the The electrostatic ull dehyuleuticns effect emphiyed for emulsion water phase, ft woukl be nexessury to dilute the Seperation bythe hirlzontal elsctrostarie desalner ‘this with fresh water 20 lower dhe salt concentration wel not been considered in the CFL simulation done beloee removing the water. Dilution water, which has fr the crude-waner emulsion separenion im cbesalter. ow sadinity, is uscd bo lower the silt concerts, The ctade-waiter emmlcion fend is introduced inno ‘The electrostatic desaiser is provided with electrics — desalier Gough an indet beader which ts a long pipe to import an electrical field in the desuher. This. Which hes 64 small diameter holes on the top af it. serves to polarize the dinpersed wxser molecules. The The inlet header provideseven distribuciem i the 50 formed dipole molecules cxert an attractive farce — Sudke-wuter emulsion serene the ending vessel length between oppositely charged poles with the increased ad roduces a Laminar prodite. This emulsion is attmctive force increasing the speed of water droples lected just above the crude-water interface, thereby conlescoe by from 1 0 100 fod. The wiser — m=simicing cde oil residence time and improving dropless also move quickly in the-cletrical eld, thus Upset mleramce. Am obsraction plane ty tmroducea! Promoting random codlisions that funher enhance abowe inlet header which is mt a distauce 10mm ‘suilescence.Upon separation of the phases which are abowe the inlet bender. The sitstruction plane is ew immiscitte cruike and water plancs, the crude ip itiewdacesd abowe: inles Ireacker to promiake the better commosly drawn off the top af the desaher aid song — Sedentry of the crude-warer eniulbaon itt the desalter 10 the fracconoor tower in coude nics or other 25 Ht resists the amet feed to go to the top af the refinery processes. The waler phase containing water desaller duo tc its momentum and thus providing salable metal salt ccanpounds wid the sediment ix decncamed turbulenest in the ericke pitase abewe crude: dischaeped gi efffucat, ‘The process flow shect Water interface, The inet feed theeagh header holes Siowing he process mechanten of the elecirmaatie collides with the obstruction plate right above the losalker has been shown in Figure... header and the plate womiecs dee crude-water Psyeealnygs al TP trcrnatianad Camere en, 1 oar 2014, USN FEI APTA