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The document provides requirements for designing a vertical gas-liquid separator to remove water droplets above 10 microns from a fuel gas flow of 100 m3/hr. Key details include an operating temperature of 25C, pressure of 0.2 barg, water flow of 18 m3/hr, and ethane can be used to approximate the fuel gas properties. Stokes' law is used to calculate a terminal velocity of 0.0078 m/s for 10 micron droplets. Given an H/D ratio of 3.5, the calculated diameter is 2.13m and length is 7.45m.

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Sample Problem Statement

The document provides requirements for designing a vertical gas-liquid separator to remove water droplets above 10 microns from a fuel gas flow of 100 m3/hr. Key details include an operating temperature of 25C, pressure of 0.2 barg, water flow of 18 m3/hr, and ethane can be used to approximate the fuel gas properties. Stokes' law is used to calculate a terminal velocity of 0.0078 m/s for 10 micron droplets. Given an H/D ratio of 3.5, the calculated diameter is 2.13m and length is 7.45m.

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Sample Problem Statement

Design a vertical gas-liquid separator or a Knock Out Drum for separation of liquid droplets entrained in fuel gas flow
be considered to be mostly ethane.
Flow rate of water = 18 m3/hr
Entrained Flow of fuel gas = 100 m3/hr
Operating temperature of separator = 25 C
Operating pressure of separator = 0.2 barg (near atmospheric)
Separation efficiency required is to remove water droplets above the size of 10 microns.
Fuel gas properties can be approximately taken as properties of ethane.
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Step 1
Water density at 25 C = 994.72 kg/m3
Water viscosity at 25 C = 0.9 cP
For fuel gas properties,
Molecular weight of ethane = 30 gm/gmole
Fuel gas density at 25 C = 1.45 kg/m3
Fuel gas viscosity at 25 C = 0.0069 cP
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Step 2
The gas liquid separation can be modeled using Stokes law. Where gas bubble terminal velocity is expressed as,

The subscripts L and G stand for liquid phase and vapour phase respectively.
And the gas bubble diameter Dp is described in microns.
Thus, using Dp = 10 micron,
V =0.0078m/s
t

(It should be noted that the use of Stokes law is valid only for Reynolds number lower than 2.EnggCyc
Here Reynolds number is calculated below,

As Re < 2 Stokes law is valid.

Step 3

A tentative H/D ratio needs to be fixed for the vessel. Since the diameter of vessel (D) and TL-TL height of the vesse
between then in the form of H/D ratio. Normally this ratio varies from 3 to 5. Here we select 3.5.

Step 4

Next the vessel diameter can be calculated based on the allowable gas phase design velocity value obtained using S
The terminal velocity for gas phase can be expressed as,
V = 4Vg/(3600d )... where Vg is gas volumetric flow (m /hr) and 'd' is vessel diameter
Hence,
d = Vg/(900V )
d = 100/(9000.0078) = 2.13 m
Considering the L/D ratio requirement,
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L = 3.5 2.13 = 7.45 m


This length has to be checked to be compliant with project specification of liquidresidence time betwe

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