Hydrocyclone Performance Prediction

Design Provided For Norske Shell

Project Draugen Platform
Quotation or Reference # HQ00-178 Date 6/Sep/2000
Fluid Properties and Design Conditions
Operating Temperature 65 °C Bulk Fluid Density (@ operating temp.) 1018.00 kg/m3
Inlet Oil Concentration 500 ppm Oil Density (@ operating temp.) 793 kg/m3
Desired Oil Discharge 25 ppm Bulk Fluid Viscosity (@ operating temp.) 0.485 cP Calculated

Mean Oil Droplet Size 12 µm Hydrocyclone Liner Type Pklone m125

Predicted Separation Efficiency

Desired Separation Efficiency 95.0 % Predicted Oil
Concentration in 10 ppm
Predicted Separation Efficiency 97.9 %
Discharge Water
P-klone Deoiler Performance Prediction
Oil Droplet Separation
Size Probability 100
2 0.0 90
76.4 80
4
70
Separation Probability (%)

6 92.7 60
8 98.0 50
10 99.5 40
30
12 99.9 20
14 100.0 10
16 100.0 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50
18 100.0
20 100.0
Oil Droplet Size (Micron)
22 100.0
24 100.0
Inlet Oil Distribution
26 100.0
28 100.0
30
30 100.0
Oil Concentration

20
32 100.0
(ppm)

34 100.0 10

36 100.0 0
38 100.0 0 20 40 60 80 100
40 100.0 Droplet Diameter (µm)

42 100.0
44 100.0
100.0 Outlet Oil Distribution
46
48 100.0 2.50
Oil Concentration (ppm)

50 100.0 2.00
1.50
Note: Distribution Charts are 1.00
based on standard devation 0.50
models in the absence of
0.00
customer data. The Y axis
respresents a ppm 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
prediction vs Oil Droplet Droplet Diameter (µm)
Diameter. The curve is
cummulative.