2-Phase Vertical G

Properties
min
Temperature- K 278.15
St. Pressure- Bara 1.01325
St. Temperature- K 288.15
Operating Pressure- barg 50
FTHP - Flow Tubing Head Pressure- barg 60
CITHP - ( Closed in Tubing Head Pressure)- barg 120
Density of liquid pL-kg/m3 700
Density of vapour pg- HYSYS or hand cal. 47.08

Flow Rate MMscfd m^3/d

Gas-V2 1.00E+07 4145.56827074
Liquid
Composition of Gas mixture Fractions-% Fractions-m3/h
Carbon Dioxide, CO2 2 3.4546402256
Methane, C1 90 155.4588101528
Ethane, C2 1 1.7273201128
Propane, C3 2 3.4546402256
Iso-Butane, C4 2 3.4546402256
Pentane, C5 - balance 3 5.1819603384
Unit Conversion From scfd ( st. ft3/d) to m3/h
Real Gas -Equation
P1V1/Z1T1 @ STP = P2V2/Z2T2 @ given cond.
P1-bara 1.01325
P2-bara 61
V1-m^3/d 2.83E+05
V2-m^3/d- ?
Z1 0.9929
Z2 0.8318
Phase Vertical G-L Separator Design Based on WP-books
Separator Sizing
max Separator He
303.15 Settling Velocity Ut
0.3724017892 Top Tan line-Top of inlet nozzle
K-factor Bottom intel nozzle-LAHH
0.1 LAHH-LAH
Diameter of Vessel NLL
0.4051300492 LAL-LALL
LALL-Bottom tan line
Total
L/D 3-5 m

m^3/h m^3/s GOR - bbl/MMscf

172.7320112809 0.0479811142
10
Fractions- m3/s MW MW-based on fractions
0.0009596223 44 0.88
0.0431830028 16 14.4
0.0004798111 30 0.3
0.0009596223 44 0.88
0.0009596223 58 1.16
0.0014394334 72 2.16
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Separator Sizing
Separator Height
m mm
0.2835910345 283.5910344517
0.1215390148 121.539014765
150mm or 1 min residence time 150
400mm/4.5 min residence time 400
1min or min 150mm 150
300mm 300
1.4051300492 1405.1300492167
3.4683431948

MW average Density of mix. g - kg/m^3

19.78 47.08
Cross sectional area m^2
0.1288423301
 2.3 Feed Inlet
Froud Numbers-Fr
Gas-FrG
Liquid-FrL

Properties/Parameters
Gas Velocity - vG
Liquid Velocity-vL
Gas flow rate QG m3/s
Liquid flow rate QL m3/s
Density of mix. g - kg/m3
Density of liquid kg/m3
Inner diameter of feed pipe- dfp
MG
ML
vG,out
QL,out
QL,feed

Approximate size of droplets- dp,max

Gas/Liquid interfacial tension-N/m
Note: smallest drops - dfp 5-10 times smaller than d

Intel Nozzle Sizing

If no inlet device is used Pa

If half-open pipe is used Pa
If Schoepentoeter is used Pa
Mean density of mixture in inlet nozzle kg/m^3
Velocity of mixture in inlet nozzle m/s
Pressure drop in Schoepentoeter Pa
 If Schoepentoeter used following velocity limits shall
To prevent erosion
To prevent choking or damage due to vibrations
If only gas present, vsonic,G is sonic velocity
Heat capacity ratio Cp/Cv -k
Temperature
Gas Constant-R
MWG-mean molecular weight

Gas Outlet Nozzle

Note: d2, diameter of gas outlet nozzle should be taken equal to

Liquid Outlet Nozzle

Note: d3, diameter of liquid outlet nozzle shall be chosen such that liquid velocity does
in)

2.4 - Gas Handling Capacity

Gas load factor Q*max m3/s
Note: Margins for QG,max - Appendix IV
Min. required vessel cross-sectional area AG,min
Note-1: in vertical separator AG,min is cross-sectional area of vessel if wiremesh used
sectional area
Note-2: in horizontal separator AG,min is cross-setional area above LZA(HH

Flow Parameter-used to characterise type of gas/liquid feed into vessel m3/s

Efficiency
Note: if flow parameter very law- less than 0.001, efficiency could be relatively law- li
small
Note-2: efficiency is highly dependent on liquid droplet size distribution and liquid
 Vertical G/L Separator Design based on DEP
et
rs-Fr
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!

meters
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
0.0479811142

47.08
700

dp,max/dfp
#DIV/0!

es smaller than dp,max

izing
Equation Calculation Standard
pm,v^2m,in #VALUE! 1400 Pa
pm,v^2m,in #VALUE! 2100 Pa
pm,v^2m,in #VALUE! 8000 Pa
(MG+ML)/(QG+QL) 0
(QG-QL)/(pi*d1^2/4) #VALUE!
pm,v^2m,in #VALUE!
 ty limits shall also be satisfied
vG,in 70
vG,in #DIV/0! 0.8vsonic,G
vsonic,G=sqrt(kRT/MWG) #DIV/0!

19.78

pGv^2G,out 0 4500 Pa
be taken equal to that of outlet pipe

ozzle
uid velocity doesn't exceed 1m/s. Min. diameter-0.05 m (2

Capacity
QG,max sqrt(pG/(pL-pG))

Q*max/max
f wiremesh used which can be smaller than vessel's cross-
a
bove LZA(HH)- highest liquid level- Appendix V

(QL/QG)sqrt(pL/pG) 0
100%*QL,out/QL,feed #DIV/0!
e relatively law- liquid carry-over in gas stream is still very
bution and liquid load at gas/liquid separation internal
or Design based on DEP 31.22.05.11
Diameter of vessel shall satisfy Diameter of vessel
D4.26*sqrt(Q*max) 0.4051300492

Total vessel height-with half open pipe feed inlet device

H=h+X1+X2+X3 0.4861560591
X1-m 0.3*D 0.1215390148
X2-m d1
X3-m 0.9*D 0.3646170443
h-m

Total vessel height-schoepentoeter feed inlet device

H=h+X1+X2+X3 0.263334532
X1-m 0.05D 0.0202565025
X2-m d+0.02
X3-m 0.6D 0.2430780295
h-m