Journal
JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
Volume 143, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
ASME
DOI: 10.1115/1.4051423
Keywords
petroleum engineering; petroleum transport; pipelines; multiphase flow; unconventional petroleum; wells-injection; oil; gas; geothermal
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- Tulsa University Separation Technology Projects (TUSTP)
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The Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC(C)) is a cost-effective separator with crucial performance depending on its inlet section design. This study presents a numerical analysis of the proposed modifications to the GLCC(C) inlet section design, aiming to assess their impact on performance.
The Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC(C)) is a simple, compact, and low-cost separator, which provides an economically attractive alternative to conventional gravity-based separators over a wide range of applications. More than 6500 GLCC((c)')s have been installed in the field to date around the world over the past two decades. The GLCC(C) inlet section design is a key parameter, which is crucial for its performance and proper operation. The flow behavior in the GLCC(C) body is highly dependent on the fluid velocities generated at the reduced area nozzle inlet. An earlier study (Kolla et al., 2017, Structural Integrity Analysis of GLCC(C) Separator Inlet, ASME J. Energy Resour. Technol., 140(5), p. 052905) recommended design modifications to the inlet section, based on safety and structural robustness. It is important to ensure that these proposed configuration modifications do not adversely affect the flow behavior at the inlet and the overall performance of the GLCC(C). This paper presents a numerical study utilizing specific GLCC(C) field applications working under three different case studies representing the flow entering the GLCC, separating light oil, steam flooded wells in Minas, Indonesia. Commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is utilized to analyze the hydrodynamics of flow with the proposed modifications of the inlet section for GLCC(C) field applications.
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