In A Study Of Cyclone Desander Offshore Platforms Desanding Effect

The increasing number of offshore oilfields face sand production problem in sand production problem results in serious damage that causes the equipment and pipe line can not normally operate. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out sand laden crude oil desanding technology research. In this paper, by a series of experiments on an offshore oilfield, the result shows the relevance between the experiment parameter, such as Desand-Hydrocyclone flow caliber, Desand-Hydrocyclone inlet flow, Suspension solid concentration, slurry viscosity and so on, and Desand-Hydrocyclone efficiency. The experiments results show that reducing the Desand-Hydrocyclone flow caliber will drop Desand-Hydrocyclone efficiency, Desand-Hydrocyclone inlet flow too large or too small all can reduce desanding efficiency, suspension solid concentration, slurry viscosity and hydrocyclone efficiency is inversely proportional.