Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The Importance Of Liquid And Gas Separation Technology

By Zelma Hurley


Removing liquid and solid from gas stream is indeed important in refining and processing all applications. Effective removal of those contaminants can prevent costly procedures and downtime with the aid of downstream tools like compressors, burners, and turbines. Moreover, solid contaminants as well as hydrocarbons may cause foaming.

Those contaminants can fully contribute to the change of methods and procedures which can affect the outcome. For all compressors that apply oil for major lubrication, this is not good because it will cause complete contamination. This is also important to get the correct gas separation equipment. Doing it can cause issues especially when one is not fully aware of the procedures involved.

There are certain methods to be applied to remove both solid and liquid contaminants. Some are in the form of gravity separators, mist eliminators, filter vane and liquid coalescers. One should apply the right removal method to make everything successful. Before the evaluation, understand what needs to be applied.

The methods can also be divided into categories. The simplest method involves the gravity. It occurs when the droplets and particles including the force of gravity is greater than the amount or volume of gas applied. The center force must be greater than the gravitational force when the two are being compared.

Another mechanism is known as inertial impaction which happens when a gas passes through a certain network fibers and so on. In this process, the streams flow a path around the obstacles while the liquid or solid droplets tend to follow a straight path which impacts the obstacles. When this occurs, the particle or droplet loses velocity and fall to the bottom of the vessel.

The droplets remain to be trapped in this kind of medium. One should highly consider as well the Brownian Motion that happens when smaller aerosols collide with the rest of the gas molecules. The overall collision causes all aerosols to not follow the path made by the fluid. It also increases the likelihood of each molecule that strikes the fiber surface which has to be removed.

The procedures are also vital in industrial applications for the overall filtration and separation of the particles. The methods involved must be considered well under certain circumstances or pressures like those environmental, economic and technological factors. It offers high impact in the industry which must be considered by those people involved.

The methods can be fully established and it also needs to use the resources that are needed. There are many factors involved when the procedures are implemented. You have to be aware of all problems and mistakes to get rid of affecting the output. You must consider all guidelines then follow them for it to work correctly.

All details and information are also important to be considered in the full process. Certain issues should also be considered well to avoid making it worse or worst. Implement the needed procedures to have the correct outcome that you like to have. Bear in mind all factors to assure that it is done perfectly based on standards. Put in mind certain guidelines that should be considered well.




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