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标题：Study on the Performance of an Electric-Field-Enhanced Oil-Water Separator in Treating Heavy Oil with High Water Cut
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作者：Huang, Songtao ; He, Xue ; Chen, Jiaqing 等
期刊名称：Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
电子版ISSN：2077-1312
出版年度：2022
卷号：10
期号：10
页码：1-15
DOI：10.3390/jmse10101516
语种：English
出版社：MDPI AG
摘要：As most offshore oilfields come to the middle- and late-exploitation period, and with the popularization of tertiary enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology, the physical properties of produced fluids become more complex, bringing new challenges to oil-water separation. Conventional solutions, such as increasing the input of chemicals, enlarging the volume of the separator equipment, and extending the processing, are usually uneconomical and space-wasting. Electric-field-enhanced oil-water separation equipment was developed in this paper, and a mine field test was carried out. With the average water cut of different sampling ports and the overall dehydration rate taken as indicators, the effects of electric field frequency, inlet flow, chemical type, and addition upon the separation of the device were evaluated. The experimental results showed that for the ABJ mixed liquid, the optimal operating frequency of the electric field is above 3500 Hz. Compared with traditional separation equipment, the advantages of the electric-field-enhanced oil–water separation equipment are more significant in large flow conditions. When the water cut of the platform inlet fluctuates between 78% and 97%, and without the addition of chemicals, the average water cut was reduced to 7% and the average dehydration rate reached 90%, an improvement of about 15%.
关键词：electric field demulsification; three-phase separator; oil–water separation; vessel internal electrostatic coalesce