Primary desalter
Density
Overview
It is important that a desalter unit runs efficiently to prevent corrosion to downstream equipment. When the crude oil mixes with the emulsifying chemicals and water, the resulting emulsion layer makes it difficult for standard level measurement technologies to reliably track the interface. Radiation-based measuring instruments are not affected by this and allow to track the interface even with thick emulsion layers present in the tank to make sure that the desalting process can be controlled efficiently at maximum throughput.
Operating Conditions
- Measuring Task
- Interface and density measurement
- Measuring Point
- Bullet
- Medium
- Crude oil
- Measuring Range
- 5 m
- Temperature
- +120 … +290 °C
- Pressure
- 0 … 0 bar
Challenges
- Multiple interface, thick emulsions, changing densities
Benefits
- Reliable: High measuring precision, independent of process conditions
- Cost effective: External mounting to the vessel, easily retrofitted
- User friendly: Simple air and water calibration for fast commissioning time
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