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    Liquid re-entrainment occurs when the gas velocity in a horizontal separator is high enough to sweep liquid droplets up from the interface into the gas stream. There is a maximum acceptable gas velocity to prevent this. A procedure was developed to predict the onset of re-entrainment based on two dimensionless numbers: the Reynolds film number and viscosity number, which characterize the gas-liquid interface flow state. The maximum gas velocity depends on the flow regime, which can be determined from these numbers.

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    Liquid re-entrainment occurs when the gas velocity in a horizontal separator is high enough to sweep liquid droplets up from the interface into the gas stream. There is a maximum acceptable gas velocity to prevent this. A procedure was developed to predict the onset of re-entrainment based on two dimensionless numbers: the Reynolds film number and viscosity number, which characterize the gas-liquid interface flow state. The maximum gas velocity depends on the flow regime, which can be determined from these numbers.

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    Liquid Re-Entrainment in Horizontal Separators

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    Bishal Sarkar
    Liquid re-entrainment occurs when the gas velocity in a horizontal separator is high enough to sweep liquid droplets up from the interface into the gas stream. There is a maximum acceptable gas velocity to prevent this. A procedure was developed to predict the onset of re-entrainment based on two dimensionless numbers: the Reynolds film number and viscosity number, which characterize the gas-liquid interface flow state. The maximum gas velocity depends on the flow regime, which can be determined from these numbers.

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    Liquid Re--entrainment in horizontal separator

    Liquid re-entrainment
    entrainment occurs when the gas velocity through a horizontal separator is high
    enough to sweep liquid droplets up from the gas gas-liquid
    liquid interface and suspend them in the gas.
    Thus, there is a maximum acceptable gas velocity that can exist in the sseparator.
    eparator. The maximum
    gas velocity, in turn, fixes a minimum vessel inside diameter.

    A procedure for predicting the onset of re


    re-entrainment
    entrainment has been developed by Ishii and Grolmes
    (1975). The maximum gas velocity depends on the flow state of the gas gas-liqui
    liquid interface. This
    state can be determined from two dimensionless numbers, the Reynolds film number, Re f, and
    the viscosity number, Nμ .

    The Reynolds film number is defined as:

    Where,
    Ref = Reynolds film number
    ρl = density of the surface liquid, lbm/ft 3
    Vl = average liquid velocity, ft/s
    Dh = hydraulic diameter, ft
    μl = dynamic viscosity of surface liquid, lbm/ft s

    The viscosity number is defined as:

    Nμ = Viscosity number, dimensionless


    difference between surface liquid and gas, lbm/ft3
    ∆ρρ = density differ
    σ = surface tension between gas and surface liquid, lbm/s 2
    g = acceleration due to gravity, 32.2 ft/s 2
    Note that liquid properties are those of the liquid at the surface, i.e., the oil.

    The hydraulic diameter, Dh, is 4 times the cross


    cross-sectional
    sectional area of liquid divided by the wetted
    perimeter. For a separator half full of liquid, the hydraulic diameter is equal to the separator
    diameter.
    The surface tension may be determined from the temperature, pres
    pressure,
    sure, and API gravity as:

    Three flow states, or regimes, are possible. Flow is in the low Reynolds number regime if the
    film Reynolds number is less than 160. If Re f is greater than approximately 1635, the flow is
    rough turbulent. A transition flow regime spans the range between these values.

    The criteria for maximum gas velocity before re


    re-entrainment occurs, (Vg)max, for various
    Reynolds film numbers and viscosity nnumbers are as follows:

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