Three Types of Oilfield Drilling Mud Decanter Centrifuge

Drilling decanter centrifuge, also referred to as a brand new type of horizontal decanter centrifuge, is one of the most important solid/liquid separation equipment in a oilfield solids control system. It can integrate each of the working procedures-feeding, centrifugal settling, unloading, and so on. Not to mention it truly is utilized for removing fine solids, recovering barites, lowering the solids content controlling the density and viscosity associated with the drilling flare ignition device to assure the fluids’ efficiency and also boost the drilling efficiency.

The decanter centrifugeforce by solid phase particles of liquid ring and the ratio of its own gravity called decanter centrifugal separation factors, the larger decanter centrifugal separation factor can separat finer particles from the mud. Currently drilling decanter centrifugal can be divided into three types according to the size of the separation factors:

a.Low speed decanter centrifuge:it also called "Barite Recovery of Decanter Centrifuge", the separation factors is 500 ~ 700,for low density of solid phase, the separation point is 6 ~ 10μm. For high density solid phase, the separation point for 4~ 7 μm, the decanter centrifuge is mainly used for recycling barite.

b.Medium-speed decanter centrifuge: the separation factor of about 800, 5 ~ 7 μm, used to remove harmful solid phase of mud, control mud weight and viscosity, this is the drilling crew most used centrifuge resently.

c.High-speed decanter centrifuge: its separation factor is about 1200 ~ 2100, the separation point is 2 ~ 5 μ m, used to remove the harmful solid phase, control the mud viscosity, high-speed centrifuge discharge tank, liquid back into the circulatory system, at present our company in Mongolia drilling crew have high-speed centrifuge.

KOSUN oilfield drilling mud decanter centrifuge can meet with different requirements of mud treatment under various drilling condition, that can do sedimentation and separation for particles more than 2 um. After treatment, the mud can achieve ideal viscosity and proportion, results in better recycling, high efficiency, saving and environment protection.