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Liquid Desander – Flow Sheet Design (B-FSM076) Incorporating a desander into produced water treatment prior to a deoiler There is a…

Liquid Desander – Vessel and Liner Design (B-FSM075) PACS deoiler vessel with three-chambers The previous article listed the four main components…

Liquid Desander – Main Components (B-FSM074) A two-inch (50 mm) desander liner being installed in a 150# vessel This article is…

Liquid Desander – Effects of Chemicals (B-FSM073) Top of the lift amenities at Red Lodge Ski Resort This article addresses the…

Liquid Desander – Mechanical Requirements (B-FSM072) Produced water desander, deoiler, and solids disposal system onshore NW Australia Following on with operating…

Liquid Desander – Operating Boundaries (B-FSM071) PACS design liner style hydrocyclone vessel This article will address the operating boundaries for the…

Liquid Desander – Erosion and Wear Life (B-FSM070) Wear pattern at apex of 10” desander insert All desanders will be subjected…

Liquid Desander – Apex Flux Balancing (B-FSM069) Sign on Solitude ski resort So what can you do if the amount of…

Liquid Desander – Apex Solids Threshold (B-FSM068) The maximum concentration of solids in the inlet flow stream that a desander can…

Liquid Desander – Apex Choking and Particle Transfer (B-FSM067) Premature failure of 38 mm desander liner due to choked apex The…

Liquid Desander – Particle Travel in a Flooded-Core Hydrocyclone (B-FSM066) Particle-fluid volume swapping at the desander apex Note: The material presented…

Liquid Desander – Secondary Accumulator Sizing (B-FSM065) Liquid desander with secondary accumulator on automated skid Many desander installations will require a…

Liquid Desander –Valve Size and Selection (B-FSM064) Actuated rotating disc valves to isolate and purge accumulator This is a good point…

Liquid Desander – Hydraulic Turndown Performance (Example) (B-FSM063) This is the last post on liquid desander hydraulic and separation performance The…

Liquid Desander – Hydraulic Capacity, Turndown, and Performance for Insert Style Units (B-FSM062) Desander insert being installed into a pressure vessel…

Liquid Desander – Hydraulic Capacity, Turndown, and Performance for Liner Style Units (B-FSM061) Desander liners packed between mounting plates in vessel…

Liquid Desander – Hydraulic Throughput Model(s) (B-FSM060) Two inch hydrocyclone underflow spray – shows particle path in cone We’ve discussed solids…

Liquid Desander – Example Calculations for Desander Sizing (B-FSM059) We’ll merge several trails into an example In this article I’ll plan…

Liquid Desander –Correction for Density and Viscosity (B-FSM058) The viscosity of tar (bitumen) in the pits is what kept animals trapped…

Liquid Desander –Correction for Solids Concentration and Pressure Drop (B-FSM057) Concentrated sand-water slurry discharging from the apex of a hydrocyclone Continuing…

Liquid Desander – Desander Sizing and Base D50 (B-FSM056) Graded Efficiency Curve as Shown in Post B-FSM-050 The first step in…

FSM: Liquid Desander – Base Conditions & Geometry for Separation Duty (B-FSM055) Some know hydrocyclone geometric designs – from Svarovsky (Ref…

FSM: Liquid Desander – Sizing and Selection: Application Steps (B-FSM054) One of the sizing routines detailed in Svarovsky (Ref. 3) We…

FSM: Liquid Desander – Secondary (External) Accumulator Operation (B-FSM053) Desander with Secondary (External) Accumulator A secondary accumulator for a desander is…

FSM: Liquid Desander – Particle Travel (B-FSM052) Sand settling in accumulator vessel below 6” desander The purpose of a desander is…