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Downward Fluid Velocity in DHGS:
OD ID
GA: Gas Anchor (always listed by ID
+
)
3/4" GA 1.05 0.82
1" GA 1.315 1.05
1-1/4" GA 1.66 1.38
1-1/2" GA 1.90 1.61
MA: Mud Anchors (Mother Hubbard)
2-3/8" 4.7# 2.375 1.995
2-7/8" 6.5# 2.875 2.441
3-1/2" 9.3# 3.5 2.922
Casing as ID of Mud Anchor
4-1/2" 11.6# 4.5 4.000
5-1/2" 17# 5.5 4.892
7" 26# 7 6.276
Comparison of
X-Sectonal Area
(drawn to proporton)
How to Design DHGS:
Efcient gas separaton requires that the downward fuid velocity in
the Quiet Zone be less than the gas bubble rise velocity.
Gas Bubble Rise Velocity occurs due to the density diference be-
tween gas & liquid and is proportonal to the diameter of the bubble.
Industry Rule of Thumb: a 1/4 gas bubble rises at 6 inch/sec. Thus,
design to achieve a fuid velocity <6 in/sec (& the slower the beter).
The best separaton can be achieved by sumping the pump.
To improve performance: increase X-Sec Area & reduce the
bbls/sec pumping rate (compensate by increasing run-tme).
Area of Quiet Zone, in
2
: 2.3 5.4 3.3 1.8
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Sumped Pump (with 1 GA in Csg), in
2
: 11.2 (in 4-1/2 Csg); 17.4 (in 5-1/2 Csg)
Decentralized DHGS: when a
crooked hole has its benefts.
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GA: API Line Pipe (standard weight).