The GN mud dewatering unit is an excellent solution that could provide the separation processing for the ultra-fine solids’ particles, always less than 5 microns, in the water base drilling mud.
Description
The mud dewatering unit is an excellent solution that could provide the separation processing for the ultra-fine solids’ particles, always less than 5 microns, in the water base drilling mud.
Why Need a Mud Dewatering Unit?
As it is known during a normal drilling mud solids control processing, the primary equipment like shale shaker, desander, Desilter, even the decanter centrifuge can only remove the solids larger than 5 microns. For the solids less than 5 microns, it is difficult to separate out by using the regular mechanical method. After several times for using and recycling the drilling mud, the ultra-fine solids will build up to a large content in the drilling mud, which will disrupt the mud property. In order to maintain the mud property at a proper level, the operator needs to add water into the mud for dilution which will cost a large quantity of water. Here is the point, the mud dewatering unit is used to remove the ultra-fine solids from the drilling mud to prevent the built-up. Thus, great would be saved.
GN’s mud dewatering unit is designed to be fabricated inside a container. According to the equipment quantity involved in the system, the 20 ft or 40 ft container would be optionally chosen. After being treated by GN’s dewatering unit, the drilling mud could be treated as clean water for discharge or reuse.
GN Drilling Mud Dewatering Unit Processing Diagram
- A 3-Tank Automatic Flocculants Mixing Unit prepares the polymer or other chemical fluids.
- A Slurry pump takes the original mud feed to the decanter centrifuge.
- A chemical pump takes the mixed chemical fluids and then feeds them to the centrifuge.
- The chemical and mud mix inside the feeding tube of the decanter centrifuge.
- The Decanter centrifuge works to remove the flocculent-shaped solids from the mud.