Hydoryclone working principle, working mechanism, solid control techniques, characteristics of hydrocyclone. Problems and troubleshooting of hydrocyclone.

Drilling fluid circulation in oil and gas well is like blood circulating in human body. If our body organs don't work properly to screen out impurities from the blood it results in severe skin, heart, arteries, and other diseases. The same is the case with drilling fluid.   Drilling Fluid carries coarse and fine drilled cutting and other impurities while coming out of the wellbore. if cutting and impurities are not removed, these contaminants will disturb mud properties (Yield point, Plastic viscosity, fliterate loss) resulting in high drag, high pressure, thick mud cake, and eventually pipe stuck. Pipe stuck may result in huge economical loss. Shale shakers are used to remove coarse solid particles greater than 75 microns. Whereas Desander and Desilter are used to remove fine particles (20-75 micron).

Hydrocyclone has vital importance for solid control on oil and gas drilling rig mud system therefore its very necessary to understand hydrocyclone or desander and desilter working mechanism and their prominent features. 

The course focused will be Desander and Desilter also called hydrocyclone or cyclone used in petroleum or oil and gas industry.

What will you learn in this course?

• What are Desilter-Desander, hydro cyclone, or cyclone?
• Importance Desilter and Desander on a drilling rig.
• Different techniques for controlling solid in mud systems
• Working principle of Desilter and Desander
• Hydrocyclone Working mechanism
• Main parts of Desander and Desilter
• Solid control technique
• Hydrocyclone Installation
• Working pressure of Hydrocyclone
• Pros and Cons of Hydrocyclone
• Cut point
• Separation Curve
• Types of discharge from hydro cyclone
• Problems and their trouble shooting.
• Performance indicators
• Hydrocyclone other industrial application