Pipeline-type separation technology and its application in mixed media separation in oil and gas industry
ZHANG Jun1,, ZHONG Xingfu1,,, LIN Liming1, JIANG Yong2 1.Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2.Changqing Oilfield Branch Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Xi'an 710201, China
Abstract:Large amounts of oil, gas, water, sand and mixed liquids are generated in the process of oil and gas production. The heterogeneous separation of mixed media is an important process unit in crude oil mining and refining. Pipeline-type separation technology and equipment use dynamic separation such as centrifugation as the main separation method. A series of core equipment such as spiral tubes, T-tubes, cyclones, tubular coalescers, and cyclonic air flotation tubes have been developed based on centrifugation, gravity, expansion, air flotation and other separation mechanisms and their compound enhancement. A large number of engineering application practices demonstrate that the pipeline-type separation technology has the advantages of modular design, flexible for application, low footprint, high separation efficiency, etc. It can be applied to different scenarios such as oil-gas-water separation, liquid-solid separation, sand removal, sand washing, etc. It has good technical and economic advantages and broad application prospects for the expansion or upgrade of old stations in oil and gas fields. Key words:oil-gas-water mixed liquid/ liquid-solid/ gas-solid/ multiphase separation/ pipeline-type separation.
图1螺旋管模型与油水分离实验装置 Figure1.Spiral tube model and oil-water separation experiment equipment
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1.Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2.Changqing Oilfield Branch Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Xi'an 710201, China Received Date: 2020-05-13 Accepted Date: 2020-08-19 Available Online: 2021-03-24 Keywords:oil-gas-water mixed liquid/ liquid-solid/ gas-solid/ multiphase separation/ pipeline-type separation Abstract:Large amounts of oil, gas, water, sand and mixed liquids are generated in the process of oil and gas production. The heterogeneous separation of mixed media is an important process unit in crude oil mining and refining. Pipeline-type separation technology and equipment use dynamic separation such as centrifugation as the main separation method. A series of core equipment such as spiral tubes, T-tubes, cyclones, tubular coalescers, and cyclonic air flotation tubes have been developed based on centrifugation, gravity, expansion, air flotation and other separation mechanisms and their compound enhancement. A large number of engineering application practices demonstrate that the pipeline-type separation technology has the advantages of modular design, flexible for application, low footprint, high separation efficiency, etc. It can be applied to different scenarios such as oil-gas-water separation, liquid-solid separation, sand removal, sand washing, etc. It has good technical and economic advantages and broad application prospects for the expansion or upgrade of old stations in oil and gas fields.