2015•International Petroleum Technology ConferenceRequires access

Fluid Field Analysis and Parameter Optimization of a Coalescence-Cyclone Separator

Lixin Zhao, Wenjun Zhao, Baorui Xu, Minghu Jiang

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Abstract In order to improve the separation efficiency of the hydrocyclone, a new type of cyclone separator is proposed. According to computational fluid dynamics method, a new cyclone separator, coalescence-cyclone separator, is numerically simulated by Fluent software based on a co-rotating outflow reverse-cone hydrocyclone, and is compared with the co-rotating outflow reverse-cone hydrocyclone. Inlet flowrate, inter oil volume fraction and tangential outlet split ratio of the coalescence-cyclone separator were researched.

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Key concepts: Cyclonic separation, Hydrocyclone, Separator (oil production), Outflow, Mechanics, Fluent, Inlet, Computational fluid dynamics