U.S. patent number 3,784,461 [Application Number 05/258,582] was granted by the patent office on 1974-01-08 for device for controlling the process of desalting and dehydration of oil in an electric dehydrator.
Invention is credited to Anatoly Fedorovich Kirilin, Boris Isaakovich Kusovsky, Anatoly Petrovich Matiichenko, Nikolai Ivanovich Pavlov, Sergei Alexandrovich Zakharov.
United States Patent |
3,784,461 |
Kusovsky , et al. |
January 8, 1974 |
DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE PROCESS OF DESALTING AND DEHYDRATION OF
OIL IN AN ELECTRIC DEHYDRATOR
Abstract
A device for controlling the process of desalting and
dehydration of oil in an electric dehydrator having two electrodes
comprising a current difference detector responding to the currents
in the circuits of said electrodes and being connected to an error
detector comparing the real value of the currents in the electrode
circuits with a specified value, the output of said error detector
being connected to the actuating mechanism of a valve controlling
the discharge of the salt water and mud sludge from the electric
dehydrator; inserted between the current difference detector and
the error detector is a unit shaping a signal corresponding to the
real value of the currents in the circuits of the electrodes.
Inventors: |
Kusovsky; Boris Isaakovich
(Ryazan, SU), Pavlov; Nikolai Ivanovich (Ryazan,
SU), Matiichenko; Anatoly Petrovich (Ryazan,
SU), Zakharov; Sergei Alexandrovich (Ryazan,
SU), Kirilin; Anatoly Fedorovich (Ryazan,
SU) |
Family
ID: |
22981203 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/258,582 |
Filed: |
June 1, 1972 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
204/661;
204/672 |
Current CPC
Class: |
C10G
33/08 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
C10G
33/00 (20060101); C10G 33/08 (20060101); B01d
013/02 () |
Field of
Search: |
;204/306,305,188,302 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
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3704222 |
November 1972 |
Kusovsky et al. |
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Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Tufariello; T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Eric H. Waters et al.
Claims
We claim:
1. A device for controlling the process of desalting and
dehydration of oil in an electric dehydrator having two electrodes:
upper and lower, comprising in combination: a transformer to which
are connected said electrodes; a current difference detector in the
circuits of said electrodes having a current detector for said
upper electrode inserted into the circuit of said upper electrode,
a current detector for said lower electrode inserted into the
circuit of said lower electrode and a substracter of said currents
whose inputs are connected to the corresponding outputs of said
current detectors; a unit shaping a signal corresponding to the
real value of said currents in the circuits of said electrodes
having a compensator of the direct-current component of said
current difference in the circuits of said electrodes determined by
the constructive parameters of said electric dehydrator, one input
of the compensator being connected to the output of said
substracter and the other input thereof being fed with a d-c
compensating voltage; a commutator whose one input is connected to
the output of said compensator; a differentiator whose input is
connected to said current detector for the lower electrode; a pulse
selector passing the pulses preceding the breakdown in said
electric dehydrator, the input of the pulse selector being
connected to the output of said differentiator; a network shaping a
signal proportional to the current of said lower electrode and a
signal indicating of the presence of said pulses, the input of the
shaping network being connected to the output of said selector; a
time-delay relay whose input is connected to one output of said
shaping network through which is fed said signal indicating of the
presence of pulses preceding the breakdown, while the output of
said relay is connected to the second input of said commutator
whose third input is connected to the other output of said shaping
network through which is fed said signal proportional to the
current of said lower electrode; an error detector whose input is
connected to the output of said commutator; a unit comparing the
real value of the current difference in the circuits of said
electrodes with a specified value; an actuating mechanism whose
input is connected to the output of said error detector; a valve
controlling the discharge of salt water and mud sludge from said
dehydrator associated with said actuating mechanism.
Description
The present invention relates to equipment for conducting processes
of preparation of oil for processing and, more particularly, the
invention relates to devices for controlling the processes of
desalting and dehydration of oil in electric dehydrators. The
invention can be employed in the oil-recovery and petrochemical
industry.
Known in the art is a device for controlling the process of
desalting and dehydration of oil in an electric dehydrator having
an oil tank accommodating two suspended electrodes connected to a
high-voltage transformer.
The crude oil is pumped through a pipeline into the tank into which
there are concurrently supplied water and deemulsifier. The salts
contained in the crude oil are dissolved in the water. The
water-oil emulsion is fed into an electric field created by the
electrodes and is divided into oil removed from the electric
dehydrator through a pipeline for removing the processed oil and
salt water which is collected together with mud sludge in the lower
portion of the electric dehydrator. The water and sludge are
removed through a pipeline for discharging salt water and mud.
To provide for constant conditions of precipitation of salt water
and sludge at variations in the quality of oil, temperature,
relation between the consumptions of water and deemulsifier, it is
necessary to maintain a constant difference in the currents flowing
through the circuit of the upper and lower electrodes by means of a
special device.
The known device for controlling the process of desalting and
dehydration of oil in an electric dehydrator comprises a current
difference detector checking the currents in the circuits of the
upper and lower electrodes of the electric dehydrator, an error
detector comparing the value of the current difference with a
specified value which is connected to the actuating mechanism of a
control valve through which water and sludge are removed from the
tank of the electric dehydrator.
During variations in values of the current difference in the
circuits of the upper and lower electrodes due to change in the
quality of the crude oil, its temperature and the
water-to-deemulsifier ratio, water and sludge are removed through
the control valve so that the value of said difference is kept
constant automatically.
However, the known device has insufficient noise stability for
example, during a change in water content and dispersity of the
water-oil emulsion or at disturbances in its deposit composition,
in which cases the control of the current difference in the
electrode circuits becomes unstable. Practically, the changes in
the above properties of the water-oil emulsion can lead to electric
breakdowns between the electrodes of the dehydrator or between the
lower electrode and the surface of the separated salt water. These
breakdowns interrupt the technological process, results in
disconnection of the electrodes and to a failure of the known
device.
An object of the invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned
disadvantages.
The main object of the invention is to provide a device for
controlling the process of dewatering and desalting of oil that
ensures high noise stability at changes in physical and chemical
properties of the emulsion.
This object is accomplished by providing a device for controlling
the process of desalting and dehydration of oil in an electric
dehydrator having two electrodes, each being connected to a current
transformer and both the electrodes being connected to a current
difference detector responding to the currents flowing in the
electrode circuits; said detector comprises a current detector for
the upper electrode inserted into the circuit of the upper
electrode; a current detector for the lower electrode inserted into
the circuit of the lower electrode, and a substracter of these
currents to which are connected the outputs of both the detectors;
the output of the substracter is connected to an error detector
comprising the real value of the current difference with a
specified value; the output of the error detector is connected to
the actuating mechanism of a valve controlling the discharge of
salt water and mud sludge from the electric dehydrator; according
to the invention, the device comprises a shaping network producing
a signal corresponding to the real value of the currents in the
circuits of the electrodes and inserted between said current
difference detector and said error detector and including a
compensator of the direct-current component of the current
difference in the electrodes circuit determined by the constructive
parameters of the electric dehydrator, one input of said
compensator being connected to the output of the substracter and
the other input thereof being fed with a d-c compensating voltage,
while the output of the compensator is connected to one of the
inputs of a commutator; series connected elements: a differentiator
connected to the current detector of the lower electrode, a
selector of pulses preceding the breakdown in the electric
dehydrator, a network for shaping a signal indicating the presence
of said pulses and another signal proportional to the current of
the lower electrode; a time-delay relay fed with the last signal
from the output of said shaping network, while the output of said
relay is connected to the other input of said commutator, in which
case the second output of the shaping network which sends the first
signal and the output of the time-delay relay are connected to the
third input of the commutator whose output is connected to the
input of said error detector.
Such an arrangement makes it possible to increase the efficiency of
controlling the process of desalting and dehydration of oil in an
electric dehydrator by the difference in the currents flowing
through the electrode circuits.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from
the following detailed description of an embodiment of the
invention with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows a
schematic diagram of the electric dehydrator with a block diagram
of the device for controlling the process of desalting and
dehydration of oil in this dehydrator.
The proposed device for controlling the process of desalting and
dehydration of oil in an electric dehydrator comprises an electric
dehydrator 1 with a pipeline 2 for feeding a water-oil emulsion, a
pipeline 3 for removing the processed oil, and a pipeline 4 for
removing the salt water and the mud sludge. The pipeline 4 is
provided with a control valve 5 with an actuating mechanism.
Suspended inside the electric dehydrator 1 are a lower electrode 6
and an upper electrode 7. The electrodes 6 and 7 are connected to a
high-voltage transformer 8 whose primary winding is connected to
the power mains. Inserted into the transformer circuit is a current
difference detector 9. The detector 9 responds to the difference in
the currents in the circuits of the electrodes 6 and 7 and consists
of a current detector 10 of the upper electrode 7 and a current
detector 11 of the lower electrode 6. The detectors 10 and 11 are
connected to a current substracter 12.
The proposed device also comprises a unit 13 for shaping a signal
corresponding to the real value of the currents in the circuits of
the electrodes 6 and 7 which has a compensator 14 compensating for
a direct-current component of the currents in the circuits of the
electrodes 6 and 7, one input of the compensator 14 being connected
to a current substracter 12 and the other input thereof being fed
with a d-c compensating voltage determined by the parameters of the
electric dehydrator 1.
The differentiator 15 of the unit 13 is connected to the following
series connected elements: a selector 16 of the pulses preceding
the breakdown in the electric dehydrator, a network 17 shaping a
signal proportional to the current of the lower electrode 6 and
another signal indicating of the presence of said pulses. The
signal of the presence of these pulses from the first output of the
shaping network 17 is fed to a time-delay relay connected to a
commutator 19, while the signal proportional to the current of the
lower electrode 6 from the second output of the shaping network 17
is fed directly to the other input of the commutator 19. By means
of the commutator 19 the output of the compensator 14 and the
outputs of the shaping network 17 and the time-delay relay 18 are
connected to one of the inputs error detector 20 comparing the real
value of the current difference in the circuits of the electrodes 6
and 7 with a specified value. The output of the error detector 20
is connected with the actuating mechanism of the control valve
5.
The device operates as follows.
At any change in the content of water in the crude oil being
processed, dispersity of the water-oil emulsion, disturbance in its
precipitate, etc. the currents in the circuits of the electrodes 6
and 7 change too. In order to provide for a stable technological
process, it is necessary to maintain a predetermined value of the
current difference in the circuits of the electrodes 6 and 7. The
signals from the current detectors 10 and 11 responding to the
currents flowing through the circuits of the upper 7 and lower 6
electrodes are fed to the current substracter 12. The signal
corresponding to the difference of these currents from the output
of the substracter 12 is fed to one of the inputs of the
compensator 14 whose other input is fed with a compensating voltage
the value of which is determined by the direct-current component of
the said current difference and depends on the construction
parameters of the electric dehydrator 1, while the polarity of this
voltage is opposite to the polarity of said signal. As a result, at
the output of the compensator 14 there is produced a useful
component of a control signal which through a commutator 19 is fed
to the error detector 20. In the case of misalignment between the
actual value of the current difference in the circuits of the
electrodes 6 and 7 and the predetermined value, an error signal is
produced at the output of the unit 20 which controls the operation
of the valve 5 through which the salt water and mud sludge are
removed from the tank of the electric dehydrator 1.
Under certain operating conditions, for example at changes in water
content in the emulsion, sludge disturbances, variations of the
emulsion dispersity, the current in the circuit of the lower
electrode 6 can fluctuate within a wide range. In this case the
current pulses cause an electric breakdown interrupting the
operation of the electric dehydrator 1. To avoid this, special
steps should be taken to protect the electric dehydrator. One of
such steps consists in intensifying the discharge of the salt water
and mud sludge.
In this case the signal from current detector 11 responding to the
current flowing through the circuit of the lower electrode 6 of the
current difference detector 9 is fed to the differentiator 15 which
produces pulses at the moment preceding the breakdown. If the
parameters of these pulses exceed a specified value, they pass
through the selector 16 to the shaping network 17. At the output of
the shaping network 17 there appears a signal proportional to the
current difference and a signal of the presence of
prior-to-breakdown pulses. The latter signal triggers the
time-delay relay 18 which through the commutator 19 disconnects the
output of the compensator 14 from one of the inputs of the error
detector 20 and connects the output of the shaping network 17 to
the input of the error detector 20 for applying to this input a
signal for opening the valve 5. Under the action of this signal the
actuating mechanism opens the valve 5 for a time interval
determined by the time-delay relay 18.
After the time interval limited by the delay of the relay 18, the
output of the compensator 14 is connected to the input of the error
detector 20.
The electric dehydrators equipped with the proposed device are
preferably employed at oil field and oil refining plants for
pre-refining preparation of oil having a high content of water,
salts and mud. The proposed device for automatically controlling
the process of desalting and dehydration of oil provides for a
stable and trouble-free operation of the electric dehydrator.
The device provides for stabilization and, therefore, high
efficiency of the whole process of desalting and dehydration.
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