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Title: Numerical study of electrostatic desalting: A detailed parametric study
Authors: Ramirez-Argaez, Marco A.
Abreú-López, Diego
Gracia-Fadrique, Jesús
Dutta, Abhishek
Keywords: Computational fluid dynamics
Electrostatic desalting
Multiphase fluid flow
Variance analysis
Publisher: MDPI
Abstract: A systematic process analysis was conducted to study the effect of the main variables in an industrial electrostatic desalter, such as electric field intensity, wash water content, droplet size, and oil viscosity, on the efficiency of the separation of water from oil. The analysis was assessed through an already published and validated CFD multiphase numerical model that considers the expression of the frequency of collisions as a function of the mentioned process variables. Additionally, the study allowed the formal optimization exercise of the operation to maximize the separation efficiency. The most significant variables were the initial water content and the electric field intensity, while the temperature (oil viscosity) had an effect to a lower extent. An increase in the electric field and temperature and a decrease in the water content improved the water separation from oil. Optimum values suggested from the factorial experimental design and the optimization implemented in this work indicated the use of an electric field of 3 kV/cm, water content of 3%, and an oil viscosity of 0.017 kg/ms. At the same time, the droplet size showed no significant effect under the conditions explored in this work.
Description: This research was funded by SENER—CONACYT Grant number 144156, project entitled: “Alternativas tecnológicas para mejorar el sistema de desalado de crudo pesado en las refinerías”.
URI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10102118
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