Water processing technology for space and weight savings
Sump piles have been used on offshore platforms for any years. The very first platforms placed in open waters outside the recognized coastline were fitted with a large diameter tubular vessel which extended from above the surface of the sea to some distance under water. The original purpose of these vessels as to serve as a conduit for waste (rain water and ash water) off the platform deck so that it would not foul the platform structural members. There has been steady development of this technology since the early 1970`s and it has been improved and adapted to other treating applications. Today this technology is capable of doing much more than simply acting as a catch basin for waste oil in deck drains. This paper discuss, advances made in this technology and describes some of the potential applications of it. Modern sump technology includes a number of ow products with a range of capabilities. From the original {open_quote}sump pile{close_quote} used on early platforms several levels of increasingly sophisticated features have been added. The original sump pile was an open ended tubular vessel that extended into the water from the lower levels of the platform. It had an open bottom and no internals. Subsequent improvements have included vessel internals, ways to control level and level fluctuations, and incorporation of more sophisticated separation schemes. This paper will discuss some of these improvements and discuss some illustrative applications.
- OSTI ID:
- 391125
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960623-; TRN: 96:004554-0045
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on health, safety and environment in oil and gas exploration products, New Orleans, LA (United States), 9 Jun - 12 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The third international conference on health, safety & environment in oil and gas exploration and production. Proceedings - Volume 1; PB: 941 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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