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    The document discusses desalting crude oil. It introduces that salt content in residual water needs to be reduced to 15-20 pounds per thousand barrels to avoid fouling. Typical desalting methods are then presented, including chemical and electrostatic separation. Chemical desalting uses water, chemicals and heat to dissolve salts into water where they settle. Electrostatic desalting applies an electric field to quickly separate polar salt water molecules from crude oil.

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    The document discusses desalting crude oil. It introduces that salt content in residual water needs to be reduced to 15-20 pounds per thousand barrels to avoid fouling. Typical desalting methods are then presented, including chemical and electrostatic separation. Chemical desalting uses water, chemicals and heat to dissolve salts into water where they settle. Electrostatic desalting applies an electric field to quickly separate polar salt water molecules from crude oil.

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    12/28/2020 Dr. Mai Cao Lan, Dept.

    of Drilling & Production Engineering, GEOPET, HCMUT 200


    Chapter Outline

    Introduction

    Salt Content of Crude Oil

    Typical Methods for Desalting Processes

    Electrostatic Desalting

    12/28/2020 Dr. Mai Cao Lan, Dept. of Drilling & Production Engineering, GEOPET, HCMUT 201
    Introduction
    • Unwanted salts in residual water in crude oil needs to be
    reduced to a concentration around 15-20 PTB (Pounds per
    Thousand Barrels)

    • Reasons: To avoid fouling or deposition in surface equipment


    or pipelines.

    • Normal reducing the PTB by lowering the amount of remnant


    water (resulted from oil dehydration)

    • Alternative method is to substantially decrease the dissolved


    salt content of the remnant water

    12/28/2020 Lan Mai-Cao, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam 202


    Basic Concept in Desalting of Crude Oil

    12/28/2020 Lan Mai-Cao, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam 203


    Properties of Crude Oil Shipped to Refineries

    12/28/2020 Lan Mai-Cao, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam 204


    Salt Content for 0.1% by Volume Remnant
    Water

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    Salt Content of Crude Oil

    • The amount of salt in the crude oil is a function of the


    amount of the brine (remnant water) that remains in the
    oil (% BS&W) and of its salinity SR in parts per million
    (ppm):

    • Manning & Thomson (1995) correlation for a basis of


    1000 bbl of wet oil:

    12/28/2020 Lan Mai-Cao, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam 206


    Densities of Aqueous Inorganic Solutions
    (NaCl)

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    Exercise

    Find the PTB salt content of a crude oil having 10% by


    volume remnant water if its concentration is estimated to be
    40000 ppm at 25oC.

    12/28/2020 Lan Mai-Cao, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam 208


    Typical Methods for Crude Oil Desalting

     Chemical & Electrostatic Separation:


    • Chemicals assist in breaking up emulsion
    • Electrostatic field collapses the droplets of saltwater
     Chemical Desalting:
    • Water and chemical surfactant are added and heated
     salts dissolve into the water  held in a tank when
    they settle out.
     Electric Desalting:
    • Electric field causes polar molecules in salt water
    (brine) quickly get oriented and separated.

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    Single-Stage Desalting Process

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    Two-Stage Desalting Process

    12/28/2020 Lan Mai-Cao, HCM University of Technology, Vietnam 211

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