Improving flow path of the cyclone-type desenders using the multiphase coefficient of the discrete particles relative speed

In the oil producing wells with high content of mechanical impurities and free gas, efficiency of the electric centrifugal pump is increased by installing the cyclone-type desenders at its inlet. Desender protects the submersed pump from mechanical impurities entering it by separation and collecting them in a special container. At the same time, the problem of free gas bubbles enlargement is being solved to facilitate their separation into the annulus and thus reduce the free gas content at the pump inlet. Analysis was made of specifics of the formation fluid flow containing mechanical impurities and free gas in the flow path of a cyclone-type separator with the fixed screw. Expressions were derived to determine the dimensionless multiphase coefficient of the discrete particles relative separation rate and of the multiphase similarity criterion. They allow evaluating efficiency of the mechanical impurity separators and developing new highly efficient structures based on the previously created ones. Recommendations are provided for development of the new highly efficient structures.

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