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[Tamizh]

Hi all

 

Am designing a electrostatic coalescer. My outlet specification is 0.5% BS&W .

 

"To operate effectively the Electrostatic Coalescer requires at least 2% BS&W in the feed"

 

Why is it so?

 

 

[Bobby Strain]

Nobody designs the equipment. They provide a specification to the manufacturer.

 

Bobby

[Argoen]

Hi Gany,

 

In order to have a good separation in the desalter, you need to have the propoer water population in the inlet feed.

 

I don't know the scheme of your desalting package but usually (depending on the cure characteristics) the feed shall contains 5%vol of water; This amount of water can be formation water only or formation water + dilution water depending on the performances to reach