FPSO용 탑사이드 세퍼레이터의 내부 유동에 대한 수치적 연구

A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the processing of hydrocarbons and for storage of oil. The separators are FPSO topside facilities designed to separate a measure water, gas and oil rates. The separators are equipment with internal components such as inlet device, vane pack, coalescer, wave breaker, weir plates and mist extractor that facilitate and improve the separation of phases. The inlet device distributes well stream composed of water, gas and oil at the separator inlet to make calm and even flow for the improvement of separation efficiency. This research would show the flow patterns inside the 3-phase separator for the typical shapes of inlet device by using CFD analysis.