PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT

Desanding Hydrocylcones

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PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT

Desanding Hydrocylcones

Engineering
To accurately match our clients diverse requirements, Alderley provide desanding liners in the following three sizes: The AP-25 Hydrocyclone. Offering the highest efficiency in solids clarification from a 1 diameter hydrocyclone. The AP-50 Hydrocyclone. Offering the optimum performance balance between flow rate, pressure drop and efficiency from a 2 diameter hydrocyclone.

In order to meet the ever demanding environmental constraints for emissions and to provide protection for downstream equipment, Alderley have developed a range of high efficiency ceramic desanding hydrocyclones for the removal of solids from produced water. Settling of solids in equipment such as separators causes blockage and loss of efficiency due to the reduction in residence time. As part of the range of products for the treatment of produced water, Alderley can offer three sizes of desanding hydrocyclone complete with vessels which can be supplied as stand alone units or part of a bespoke package to suit the specific needs of the customer. The Alderley desanding hydrocyclone is manufactured from high purity alumina and represents the drive in Alderley policy towards design and manufacturing using Best Available Technology and incorporating continuous improvement.

The AP-80 Hydrocyclone. Offering high throughputs for minimal loss of energy from a 3 diameter hydrocyclone. The Alderley desanding hydrocyclone is designed to tolerate higher pressure drops and can therefore pass higher flow-rates at greater removal efficiencies and allow greater turndown of the units. Alderley can therefore claim the most efficient design of desanding hydrocyclone fitting in the most compact of vessel, being highly advantageous to all offshore applications. Oilfield applications for desanding hydrocyclone technology usually fall into two categories: Wellhead desanding where solids are removed at source under pressure at the wellhead to protect all downstream equipment. Produced water desanding where produced water is treated for discharge or re-injection purposes. The AP-25, AP-50 and AP-80 range is ideally suited for incorporation in packages of either type.

1000
42 36 32 28 24 20

100
Capacity m3/hr

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AP-25 Hydrocyclone AP-50 Hydrocyclone AP-80 Hydrocyclone

1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Cut Size d50 (microns)

ISO 9001:2000

High Pressure

High Temperature

Onshore & Offshore

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WELLHEAD DESANDING
In some production operations it is necessary to eliminate sand at the front-end of the process. Whilst this protects all downstream equipment from problems associated with solids ingress, it does require the hydrocyclone to operate in a high pressure, highly erosive and challenging multi-phase environment. Alderleys hydrocyclone design and construction takes these factors into account and provides a practical means of handling solids resulting from well startup and production fluids, plus specialised applications such as under-balanced drilling.

SOLIDS CLEANING
In the solids cleaning process, produced water is directed into the base of the desanding hydrocyclone vessel via a jetting nozzle to help fluidise the solids. The solids are then sucked out of the vessel via an eductor which dilutes the slurry streams and transports the solids into the sand wash vessel accumulator. The solids are then recycled through the sand wash hydrocyclone via a dedicated eductor which uses higher pressure wash water as the motive force. This recycle process continues until the oil has been stripped from the solids to the required oil-on-solids concentration for overboard discharge. The oily water reject exits the system, usually passing to the degasser vessel. During this recycling process, solids samples can be taken

PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT PACKAGES

Alderley have over 40 years experience designing and fabricating purpose built packages for the oil and gas industry. The Alderley desanders can be supplied as loose items, vessel only or as part of a complete produced water treatment package incorporating other Alderley supplied equipment. Alderley supplied desanding vessels come equipped with capacity for sand accumulation. This can either be part of the desanding vessel (on-line removal) or as a separate stand alone vessel (off-line removal). Accumulators can be manual or automatic to suit client needs. Alderley can supply and integrate desanding packages with sand slurry transportation equipment, sand washing, clean-up and disposal systems.

to assess the cleaning efficiency and the level of oil still entrained on the sand. These samples are used to set the duration of the cleaning cycle required to ensure that the solids have been cleaned to the specification required.

SERVICES
As with all its product categories, Alderley provides the highest levels of support services ranging from: Pre-installation surveys Commissioning, start-up and training Maintenance and after-sales service Troubleshooting, optimisation and upgrades De-bottlenecking studies

ADVANTAGES OF THE ALDERLEY DESANDING HYDROCYCLONE

High efficiency design (removal down to 10 microns) High on-line turndown (> 5:1) Three standard sizes offering flexibility in design or custom designed for wellhead applications High erosion resistance Hydrocyclones can be individually removable or cartridge design Low maintenance design Minimal control and instrumentation Sand removal either continuous or batch Easily integrated with solids clean-up and disposal systems

Full spares back-up is provided in support of all installations.

Cartridge mounted desanding hydrocyclones

FPSOs

In House Fabrication

Gas/Condensate Systems

Oil Systems

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