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    Horizontal V-L Separator

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    The document discusses the design of a horizontal liquid vapour separator without a demister pad. It provides parameters like densities, mass flows, required hold-up time. It then calculates the minimum vessel diameter, length, and liquid level needed to provide sufficient vapour residence time and liquid hold-up based on these parameters.

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    The document discusses the design of a horizontal liquid vapour separator without a demister pad. It provides parameters like densities, mass flows, required hold-up time. It then calculates the minimum vessel diameter, length, and liquid level needed to provide sufficient vapour residence time and liquid hold-up based on these parameters.

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    The document discusses the design of a horizontal liquid vapour separator without a demister pad. It provides parameters like densities, mass flows, required hold-up time. It then calculates the minimum vessel diameter, length, and liquid level needed to provide sufficient vapour residence time and liquid hold-up based on these parameters.

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    The document discusses the design of a horizontal liquid vapour separator without a demister pad. It provides parameters like densities, mass flows, required hold-up time. It then calculates the minimum vessel diameter, length, and liquid level needed to provide sufficient vapour residence time and liquid hold-up based on these parameters.

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    Horizontal liquid vapour separator without demister pad

    Liquid density, ρL kg/m3 = 962 kg/m3


    Vapour density, ρv kg/m3 = 23.6 kg/m3
    Vapour mass flow, m kg/h = 12500 kg/h
    Liquid mass flow, kg/s = 10000 kg/h
    Hold-up required in vessel = 10 min

    Settling velicity, ut = 0.441404 m/s

    settling vlocity of droplets = 0.066211 m/s

    Vapour volumetric flowrate, Q = 0.147128 m3/s

    Take
    hv = 0.5 Dv
    Lv/Dv = 4

    2
    Cross sectional area for vapour flow = 0.392699 *Dv
    -2
    vapour velocity, uv = 0.374659 *Dv
    Vapour resindence time required for = 7.551665 *Dv
    3
    the droplets to settle to liquid surface = 10.67639 Dv

    For satisfactory separation


    required residance time must be equal to actual residane time

    minimum vessel dia = 0.841026 m

    Round off to the standard pipe size = 0.92 m (nearest standard pipe size)

    Liquid hold up time

    Liquid volumetric flowrate = 0.002888 m3/s


    Liquid c/s area = 0.332381 m2
    Length = 3.68 m
    Hold-up volume = 1.22316 m3
    hold-up time = 423.6049 sec
    = 7.060081 min

    This much hold-up is not sufficient


    So increase the diameter by a factor = 1.190132
    Dv = 1.094922 m
    New liquid hold-up volume = 2.061906 m3
    New residance time = 714.0792 sec
    = 11.90132 min
    Lv = 4.379686 m
    Key points
    1 The diameter and length and the liquid level must be chosen to give sufficient
    vapour residence time for liquid droplets to settle out and for required liquid
    hold-up to be met.
    2 The most economical length to diameter ratio will depend on operating pressure.
    As a general guidethe following values should be used.
    Operating pressure Length:Diameter Lv/Dv
    0-20 bar 3
    20-35 bar 4
    >35 bar 5
    3 For priliminary designs, set the liquid height at half the vessel diameter.
    hv = Dv/2 and fv = 0.5
    where fv = fraction of fraction of total c/s area occupied by the vapour.
    hv = liquid height
    tandard pipe size)

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