Vi Energ Resources Pvt Ltd

Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Three Phase Separatoris a vessel designed to separate the gas that flashes from the liquid as well as separate the oil and water.3 Phase separatoris used when there is large amount of gas to be separaed from the liquid and the dimensions of the vessel are determined by the gas capacity.Three phase test separatoris used to mechanically separate hydrocarbon stream the liquid and gas components that exist at specific temperature and pressure.
Three phase separatordesign is important because separator is normally the intial processing vessel in any well testing and Early production facility. Improper design ofThree phase separatorcan be a bottleneck and reduce the capacity of the entire well testing orEarly production process facility.

Downstream equipment's ofThree phase separatorcannot handle high proportion of gas- liquid mixtures. Generallythree phase test separatororProduction separatorare designed to meet performance requirement of below 1% basic sediment and water content.

Gas and liquid separators are classified asThree phase separator, Two phase separator, Free knock out drums, Flare KO drum, Production separator, degassers, this can be either Horizontal or Vertical.

Increase in performance ofthree phase separatoris achieved by steady state equilibirium condition. Steady state conditions are achieved inthree phase separator, two phase separator, production separatorby proper control systems on the skid mounted packages.

In well testing industry, below standardthree phase test separatorsare commonly used.

42 x 10 ft 1440 PSI Test Separator

42 x 15 ft 1440 PSI Test Separator

48 x 10 ft 2160 PSI Test Separator

Custom builtThree phase separatoralso available upon request

Three phase separatordesign is basically based upon fluid flow rate , temperature , pressure and fluid properties.

Test separatorsare designed considering 1 min retention time. Where as in early production or production facility the retention time will be based upon crude oil properties which is varying from 3 mins to 30 minutes.

VERPL(Vi Energ resources private limited )three phase separatorsare packaged in modular skids with pipings and control systems. Skid can be eitherCSC certifiedorDNV Certified.

Major Factors effectingThree phase separatordesign are Gas /liquid flowrates, operating & design consitions, surging or slugging tendency, physical properties, presence of impurities, foaming tendencies, corrosive tendencies, etc.

Three phase test separator consist of four sections Inlet diverter section, liquid collection section, Gravity settling section and Mist extractor section.

Our skid mountedThree phase test separatorpackages are assembled with liquid dump valve regulated by level controller to maintain steady state liquid level and steady state pressure of three phase separator is controlled by pressure controller with pressure control valve. Which directly impact in performance of the separator.

We choose proper internals based upon fluid properties and client requirements to optimizethree phase separatordesign.