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Cooling Systems Background
Mud Cooling Systems
are based on proven technology over many generations of heat
transfer for the process industry. Applications include:
- Oil, Gas, Geothermal
Drilling - cooling drilling fluids
- Oil and Gas Refineries
- gas cooling/condensing
- Petro-Chemical
- steam condensing
- Power Generation
- fluid cooling
- Steel - waste water
cooling
Features
All MCS packages
are workshop assembled, tube bundle is removable for proper
maintenance and cleaning to meet regulatory guidelines and
tested prior to shipment to customer location.
Packages shipped
with relevant certification/documentation, including operating
instructions. Heat exchanger package hot dipped in a galvanised
finish for corrosion protection.
Package instrumentation
includes temperature control, flow through the unit, pressure
indication to monitor and control unit. Port to connect to
rigs data collection system.
Supervised installation
by trained MCS service technician(s) on site. Full training
provided to customer's personnel during installation and commissioning
of system.
Supervised Decommission
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Safety Advantages
- Crew
Safety
- Well
Control
- Helps
maintain mud temperature below the rated limits of
BOP elastomers
- Reduction
of mud temperature in return lines, especially important
in oil based systems to be maintained below flash
point
- Reduction
of mud temperature, reduces the risk of fire and blowouts
and helps provide safer drilling operation/environment
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| Benefits
to Surface Equipment
- Cooler
fluids allow for safer working conditions for crew,
especially with oil based mud systems for sampling
fluid, lower temperature in pit room and less evaporation
- Improvements
to life of Mud Pump expendables, centrifugal pumps,
swivels etc., especially rubber/polyurethane components
- Less
equipment/rig downtime
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| Benefits
to Well, Drilling fluids, Downhole equipment
- Reduction
of temperature while circulating and drilling helps
to maintain rheological properties of the mud and
a reduction in the use of additives
- Increased
wellbore stability, reduction of corrosion of the
drillpipe and downhole tools, therefore a reduction
of metal debris in the fluid
- Less impact
on the performance of downhole motors, MWD/LWD tools,
electronic instrumentation, especially important when
drilling near the reservoir in HPHT wells
- Increased
ROP
- Increased
Bit life
- Increase
in transportation of drilling cuttings back to the
surface
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Highlights
How
it works
Re-circulated water
is continuously sprayed onto the surface of heat transfer tube bundles.
Air mingles with the cascading water in a co-directional flow, i.e
water and flowing air travel downward-maximizing wet surface area
to provide optimum heat transfer.
Specifics:
Air Circulation
Three fans circulate
cool air across 3,666 ft. of tubing.
Each fan circulates 11,800 cubic ft/min. across the wet tube bundle.
Totally
Enclosed Water Reservoir
Totally enclosed to
prevent slip hazards on deck.
Reduces cooling water loss.
Water reservoir has internal baffles that prevent sloshing.
Built-in
Sump Pump
Pumps 390 GPM through
54 nozzles over tubing bundle.
Provides maximum cooling efficiency.
Spray Nozzles
Each Mud Cooler has
more than 50 spray nozzles to ensure all tubes are completely doused
for maximum heat transfer.
Air is pulled through the Mud Cooler in the same direction as the
cooling nozzles to ensure complete coverage of the tube bundle.
Belt-driven
Transfer Pump
Pump RPM can be made
to vary with changing pressure requirements.
Mounted on a heavy duty galvanised pump skid.
Mud Cooler
Supply
Each Mud Cooler comes
standard with 200ft. of 4" galvanized pipe, fittings and adapters.
Galvanised pipe prevents premature leaks and possible safety hazards.
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