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A Control- and Estimation-Oriented Gravity Separator Model

for Oil and Gas Applications Based upon First-Principles
Christoph J. Backi*, Brian A. Grimes and Sigurd Skogestad

 Cite this: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 21, 7201-7217
Publication Date: April 24, 2018 
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04297
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SUBJECTS Lipids, Liquids, Layers, 

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We introduce a simple model for a gravity separator based on first principles. It can be
used for controller design to control the levels of oil, water, and the gas pressure as well as
observer design to estimate unmeasurable parameters and disturbances. In addition,
evaluation of separation efficiencies for the respective water- and oil-continuous phases
are part of the model. The model incorporates three dynamic state equations describing
the levels of the overall liquid (water plus oil) and water as well as the gas pressure subject
to the in- and outflow dynamics. Furthermore, algebraic equations calculating simplified
droplet distributions for each continuous phase are introduced in order to determine the
exchange of water and oil between the two continuous phases. The controllers are of PI-
type and control the outflows of the separator. Additionally, we introduce a virtual
monitoring approach for the inflows of gas and liquid as well as the effective split ratio of
oil and water entering the continuous water phase. Measurements for these variables are
either expensive, unreliable, or even impossible to take (as for the split ratio). We
demonstrate the results in simulations.

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