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Lecture 4

The salt in the crude is in the form of dissolved or suspended salt crystals in water emulsified with the crude oil. The basic principle is to wash the salt from the crude oil with water. Problems occur in obtaining efficient and economical water/oil mixing, water-wetting of suspended solids, and separation of the wash water from the oil. The pH, gravity, and viscosity of the crude oil, as well as the volume of wash water used per volume of crude, affect the separation ease and efficiency. A secondary but important function of the desalting process is the removal of suspended solids from the crude oil. These are usually very fine sand, clay, and soil particles; iron oxide and iron sulfide particles from pipelines, tanks, or tankers; and other contaminants picked up in transit or production.

Total suspended solids removal should be 60% or better with 80% removal of particles greater than 0.8 micron in size. Desalting is carried out by mixing the crude oil with from 3 to 10 vol% water at temperatures from 200 to 300°F (90 to 150°C). Both the ratio of the water to oil and the temperature of operation are functions of the density of the oil. Typical operating conditions are :

The salts are dissolved in the wash water and the oil and water phases separated in a settling vessel either by adding chemicals to assist in breaking the emulsion or by developing a high-potential electrical field across the settling vessel to coalesce the droplets of salty water more rapidly. Either AC or DC fields may be used and potentials from 12,000 to 35,000 volts are used to promote coalescence. For single-stage desalting units 90 to 95% efficiencies are obtained and two-stage processes achieve 99% or better efficiency. One process uses both AC and DC fields to provide high dewatering efficiency. An AC field is applied near the oil–water interface and a DC field in the oil phase above the interface. Efficiencies of up to 99% water removal in a single stage are claimed for the dual field process. About 90% of desalters use AC field separation only.

Single- and two-stage electrostatic desalting systems

The dual field electrostatic process provides efficient water separation at temperatures lower than the other processes and, as a result, higher energy efficiencies are obtained. Heavy naphthenic crudes form more stable emulsions than most other crude oils and desalters usually operate at lower efficiencies when handling them. The crude oil densities are close to the density of water and temperature above 280°F (138°C) are needed. It is sometimes necessary to adjust the pH of the brine to obtain pH values of 7 or less in the water. If the pH of the brine exceeds 7, emulsions can be formed because of the sodium naphthenate and sodium sulfide present.

For most crude oils it is desirable to keep the pH below 8.0. Better dehydration is obtained in electrical desalters when they are operated in the pH range of 6 to 8 with the best dehydration obtained at a pH near 6. The pH value is controlled by using another water source or by the addition of acid to the inlet or recycled water. Make-up water averages 4 to 5% on crude oil charge and is added to the second stage of a two-stage desalter. For very heavy crude oils (15° API), addition of gas oil as a diluent to the second stage is recommended to provide better separation efficiencies.

Frequently, the wash water used is obtained from the vacuum crude unit barometric condensers or other refinery sources containing phenols. The phenols are preferentially soluble in the crude oil thus reducing the phenol content of the water sent to the refinery waste water handling system. Suspended solids are one of the major causes of water-in-oil emulsions. Wetting agents are frequently added to improve the water wetting of solids and reduce oil carry-under in desalters. Oxyalkylated alkylphenols and sulfates are the most frequently used wetting agents.

Crude oil desalting units investment cost: 1999 U.S. Gulf Coast

The following analytical methods are used to determine the salt content of crude oils: 1. HACH titration with mercuric nitrate after water extraction of the salt 2. Potentiometric titration after water extraction 3. Mohr titration with silver nitrate after water extraction 4. Potentiometric titration in a mixed solvent 5. Conductivity Although the conductivity method is the one most widely used for process control, it is probably the least accurate of these methods. Whenever used it should be standardized for each type of crude oil processed.

Desalter Unit Cost Data