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What is a desanding hydrocyclone?

What is a desanding hydrocyclone?

2025-04-29
What is a desanding hydrocyclone?
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Desanding Hydrocyclones are pressure-driven cyclonic separators that utilize a certain pressure drop across the unit to force the separation of the solids from the bulk phase produced water or condensate. The feed stream, containing high amount of solids/ sand, enters the hydrocyclone through a tangential inlet under a pressurized condition. This is where it is forced into a spiral motion by the hydrocyclone’s internal profile. The internal conic shape of the liner causes the spinning/ swirling effect to accelerate {which effectively creates) high centrifugal forces, causing the denser solid particles to move to the outer wall of the hydrocyclone liner, while the lighter phase water or condensate is concentrated to the central core of the liner.

 

Advantage of desanding hydrocycoline

  • Wellhead solids removal in multi-phase flow
  • Protection of equipment from blockage or erosion
  • Sand cleaning for overboard discharge
  • Polishing of water prior to re-injection
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What is a desanding hydrocyclone?

What is a desanding hydrocyclone?

2025-04-29
What is a desanding hydrocyclone?
  •  

  •  
  •  

  •  

  •  
  •  

  •  

  •  
  •  

 

Desanding Hydrocyclones are pressure-driven cyclonic separators that utilize a certain pressure drop across the unit to force the separation of the solids from the bulk phase produced water or condensate. The feed stream, containing high amount of solids/ sand, enters the hydrocyclone through a tangential inlet under a pressurized condition. This is where it is forced into a spiral motion by the hydrocyclone’s internal profile. The internal conic shape of the liner causes the spinning/ swirling effect to accelerate {which effectively creates) high centrifugal forces, causing the denser solid particles to move to the outer wall of the hydrocyclone liner, while the lighter phase water or condensate is concentrated to the central core of the liner.

 

Advantage of desanding hydrocycoline

  • Wellhead solids removal in multi-phase flow
  • Protection of equipment from blockage or erosion
  • Sand cleaning for overboard discharge
  • Polishing of water prior to re-injection