TULSA
UNIVERSITY
SEPARATION
TECHNOLOGY
PROJECTS
Dr. Ovadia Shoham and Dr. Ram Mohan, Directors
Established in 1994, the mission of Tulsa University
Separation Technology Projects (TUSTP) is to advance
the state-of-the-art of compact multiphase cyclonic
separation technology for gas/oil/water/sand flow.
This includes individual compact separator
components, such as the Gas-Liquid Cylindrical
Cyclone (GLCC©), Liquid-Liquid
Cylindrical Cyclone (LLCC©) and
integrated compact separation systems. Emphasis is
placed on measurement and understanding of the
hydrodynamic flow behavior in compact separators and
development of design tools, based on mechanistic
modeling, for the industry.
TUSTP research is supported by 16 leading national
and international companies in the petroleum
industry. We envision long-term cooperation with the
petroleum industry conducting projects to better
understand,
analyze and design separation systems. To date
over 4,000 GLCC©s have been installed by
the industry in fields all around the world, based
on the technology developed by TUSTP. These include
a subsea GLCC© and a compact Inline Water
Separation (IWS) system.
41st Advisory Board Meeting
(November 14, 2018)
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