Studying of the effectiveness parameters on Desalting of Heavy Crude Oils

Dehydration and desalting of heavy crude is a key process operation for the removal of undesirable components from crude oil before it reaches any of the major unit operations. This process presents unique challenges due to high viscosity, the presence of suspended solids and semi-soluble components, and the limited differential density for driving the sedimentation-based separation. This paper describes heavy oil desalting method and with investigation on effectiveness parameters hints suitable operating condition of this process.

Keywords:

Desalting , Heavy crude oil , Refinery