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API Separator Calculations

USER INPUT IN YELLOW

Design Flow rate (in gpm) 250
Temperature (in deg F) 150
Specific Gravity of the Oil (in g/cm3) 0.34 An "oil droplet size" of 150 is typical
Oil Droplet size (in microns) 150 API separators. Do not change this
Density of the Water (in g/cm3) 0.98022 you have a specific need. The mini
value is 60
Viscosity (in Poise) 0.00439

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RESULTS
Width of separator in feet 5.000
Depth of separator in feet 2.500
Length of separator in feet 25.000

Oil Droplet (in cm) 0.015

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Minimum Maximum
Allowable Design Allowable
Result Result
terminal velocity (in cm/s) 1.80 1.80 1.80
terminal velocity (in ft/min) 3.54 3.54 3.54
Minimum cross sectional area needed (in ft) 11.14 11.14 11.14
Cross Sectional Area (in square feet) 11.14 12.50 160.00
maximum horizontal velocity (15*vt, but must be <=3) 3.00 3.00 3.00
horizontal velocity (in ft/min) 3.00 2.67 0.21
vh/vt 0.85 0.76 0.06
short-circuiting factor 1.20 1.20 1.17
Length of unit (must be at least 5X of width) (in ft) 5.00 25.00 100.00
length/width 5.00 5.00 5.00
minimum horizontal area 11.34 11.31 11.08
Width of channel (in feet) (must be 6 to 20) 1.00 5.00 20.00
Depth (in feet) 0.30 2.50 10.00
Depth/Width Ratio (must be .3 to .5) 0.30 0.50 0.50

Step 1:
Adjust the width and depth of the chanel until you achieve a
horizontal velocity <=3. Ideal horizontal velocity should be in
the <=2 range at average flow. Make sure that you maintain
a depth/width ratio of .3 to .5
Step 1:
Adjust the width and depth of the chanel until you achieve a
horizontal velocity <=3. Ideal horizontal velocity should be in
the <=2 range at average flow. Make sure that you maintain
a depth/width ratio of .3 to .5
 An "oil droplet size" of 150 is typically the norm for
API separators. Do not change this value unless
you have a specific need. The minimum useable
value is 60

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 Density vs. Temperature

1
f(x) = 0.00000000277462147773447x^3 - 0.00000211838753585720000x^2 + 0.00013993394855035800000x + 0.99753287920394200000000
Temperature (in deg F)

R = 0.99995045835253700000000

0.99

0.98

0.97

0.96

0.95

0.94

0.93
0 50 100 150 200 250
Density (in g/cm3)
Temp Absolute Viscosity Kinematic Viscosity
F Centipoises Poise Density (g/cm3) Centistokes SSU ft/sec
32 1.79 0.0179 0.9998 1.79 33 1.93E-005
50 1.31 0.0131 0.9997 1.31 31.6 1.41E-005
60 1.12 0.0112 0.999 1.12 31.2 1.22E-005
70 0.98 0.0098 0.99797 0.98 30.9 1.06E-005
80 0.86 0.0086 0.9966 0.86 30.6 9.30E-006
85 0.81 0.0081 0.9958 0.81 30.4 8.69E-006
100 0.68 0.0068 0.993 0.69 30.2 7.39E-006
120 0.56 0.0056 0.9885 0.57 30 6.09E-006
140 0.47 0.0047 0.9832 0.48 29.7 5.14E-006
160 0.4 0.004 0.9771 0.41 29.6 4.42E-006
180 0.35 0.0035 0.9704 0.36 29.5 3.85E-006
212 0.28 0.0028 0.95836 0.29 29.3 3.19E-006
vh/vt turbulence factor f=1.2*turbulence factor
20 1.45 1.74
15 1.37 1.64
10 1.27 1.52
6 1.14 1.37
3 1.07 1.28
turbulence and short circuiting factor (F)

1.8
f(x) = - 1.7
0.0000213597934790414x^3 + 0.0000986213627510133x^
R = 0.9981820238082630000
1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2
1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1
vh/vt
986213627510133x^2 + 0.0349403358078105000x + 1.1713602582357000000
7000000
 Viscosity vs. temperature

0.02

0.018
f(x) = 0.0000000000314883016339438x^4 - 0.0000000198359271686222000x^3 + 0.0000047858489752853000000x^2 - 0.0005579906068530540000000x + 0.0314145949124697000000000
Viscosity (in poise)

R = 0.9997858425917630000000000
0.016

0.014

0.012

0.01

0.008

0.006

0.004

0.002

0
0 50 100 150 200 250
Temperature (deg F)