SOLIDS CONTROL EQUIPMENT

BY KIMBERLY CYREENE C.
CANTOS
 D. MUD
CLEANER
Mud cleaner is a combination of desander and desilter and
mounted over a shale shaker with a fine mesh screen. A mud
is fed to the inlet of hydrocyclone to separate particles and
the underflow passes to the fine mesh where in particles
larger than barite are discarded and thrown away. It is the
second and third phase cleaning equipment for a whole
solids control system.
 The purpose of the mud cleaner is to remove drilled solids larger
than barite. Solids larger than 74–105 micrometers can be removed by
the mud cleaner before the viscosity builds up. Mud cleaner can
effectively control weighted drilling fluid solid content. Prevent
differential pressure sticking, adhesion stuck drill accident, reduce the
drill string and the filter cake thickness on bond issues.
 The weighted mud flows to the inlet head section of the
desander and/or desilter entering the hydrocyclones for
separation of particles. Mud leaving the underflow is
further screened with fine mesh to separate larger
particles allowing only barite size particles to pass through
the screen returning and recovering then the clean mud.