OF A SKIMMER TANK
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Problem Description
Location: Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Secondary oil recovery by water injection
Skimmer Tank:
Flotation of oil droplets (discrete phase)
Overflow Baffles
Inlet Outlet
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION
Configuration of internals and inlet and outlet ducts
Methodology
CFD:
Flow patterns inside the tank
Velocities
Oil concentration in water outlet
Oil particles and sand particles path
Quantity of oil and sand escaping from each outlet
Recirculation zones
Analysys
1. Geometry (basic case) ANSYS Space Claim
Analysys
2. Meshing ANSYS Meshing
Prisms and
Tetrahedrons
Analysys
3. Set up ANSYS CFX
Two simulations:
Resolution of tank fluid dynamics only with continuous
phase
Single phase regime
Stationary regime
Incompressible fluid
Isothermal
Analysys
Resolution of the particles path (oil + sand) in the
continuous phase
Transient regime
One-way coupling
No coalescence
Indeformable particles
Analysys
Boundary conditions:
Inlet mass flow
Outlet pressure
INLET
OUTLET
Results and conclusions
Velocity in a plane:
INLET
OUTLET
Results and conclusions
Velocities in other planes:
Results and conclusions
Oil Particles:
size1 BLUE
size2 RED
size3 GREEN
Results and conclusions
Case 2: Jacketed in/out
Water velocity fields:
INLET
OUTLET
Results and conclusions
Water Streamlines
(velocities):
Results and conclusions
Oil concentrations:
Inlet
Outlet
Overflow
Inside
Horizontal Vertical
baffles baffles
Outlet
Inlets
Results and conclusions
Water streamlines
Results and conclusions
Inlet
Outlet
Overflow
Inside
Mx. ppm
Questions?