能源化学(英文版)

能源化学(英文) ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (6): 565-567.DOI: 10.1016/S1003-9953(10)60245-9

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Performance assessment of an inline horizontal swirl tube cyclone for gas-liquid separation at high pressure

Nurhayati Mellon*, Azmi M. Shariff   

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Sri Iskandar, Perak 31750, Malaysia

  • 收稿日期:2011-07-25 修回日期:2011-09-07 出版日期:2011-11-20 发布日期:2011-11-18
  • 通讯作者: Nurhayati Mellon

Performance assessment of an inline horizontal swirl tube cyclone for gas-liquid separation at high pressure

Nurhayati Mellon*, Azmi M. Shariff   

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Sri Iskandar, Perak 31750, Malaysia

  • Received:2011-07-25 Revised:2011-09-07 Online:2011-11-20 Published:2011-11-18
  • Contact: Nurhayati Mellon

摘要： The application of swirl tube cyclone for gas-liquid separation is attractive due to its small size and weight. However, very scarce information on the performance of the swirl tube cyclone especially at high operating pressure emulating actual field condition was published in journals. Performance assessment was usually done at a low operating pressure using either air-water, air-fine particle mixtures or dense gas such as SF6. This paper fills the existing gaps and reports the initial findings on the performance assessment of a horizontal swirl tube cyclone for gas-liquid separation operating at a flow rate of 5 MMSCFD at 40--60 bar operating pressure.

关键词: compact separator, cyclone, swirl tube, natural gas separation

Abstract: The application of swirl tube cyclone for gas-liquid separation is attractive due to its small size and weight. However, very scarce information on the performance of the swirl tube cyclone especially at high operating pressure emulating actual field condition was published in journals. Performance assessment was usually done at a low operating pressure using either air-water, air-fine particle mixtures or dense gas such as SF6. This paper fills the existing gaps and reports the initial findings on the performance assessment of a horizontal swirl tube cyclone for gas-liquid separation operating at a flow rate of 5 MMSCFD at 40--60 bar operating pressure.

Key words: compact separator, cyclone, swirl tube, natural gas separation