the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
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Hi all,
I am fresh chemical engineer, I need help to determine the retention time of oil in buffer tank, because I have a buffer tank (oil & water), and I have all information about this tank.
please can you tell me the procedure? And which API# can I use?
thanks
I am fresh chemical engineer, I need help to determine the retention time of oil in buffer tank, because I have a buffer tank (oil & water), and I have all information about this tank.
please can you tell me the procedure? And which API# can I use?
thanks





RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
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RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
I trying to provide sufficient residence time to allow oil droplets to rise out of the aqueous phase.
RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
I have all feed doc., I have flowrate in & out, size, all information. what I need is the procedure to calculate the residence time of buffer tank, to check? etc.
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Would leave navier-stokes to the cfd packages...
RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
(2) 0.003 ft/sec = 0.003 cf/sf-sec = 1.2 gpm/sf =1600 gpd/sf
(3) Provide minimum of 0.8 sf of water surface area for every 1600 gpd of flow
(4) Use 2.0 sf/gpd to allow for turbulence and poor flow distribution
(5) Increase area if you need to size for smaller droplets.
(6) Put a beaker of the water on your desk, observe how well a 3" layer clarifies in one minute. Estimate the rise rate from this test. 70% clarification = rise rate of 2"/min = 0.003 ft/sec.
RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
As I understand the vessel is already there, so are known flow rates, temperatures, densities, viscosities, interfacial tension, etc.
The (non-identified) oil's hold time will depend on:
(a) as indicated above, the "separation" zone holdup volume but also on
(b) the volume of the supernatant oil phase between its high and low levels (alarms?), i.e. the expected operating surge volume range, which will depend on the processing purpose of the buffer tank.
I suggest you consult books on liquid-liquid separation to estimate (a), and tell us something about (b) to enable contributing some thoughts.
RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?
You may find interest in this link:
www.clarkson.edu/~wilcox/Design/coalesc.pdf
RE: the retention time of oil in Buffer tank?