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Produced-water deoiling hydrocyclone concept

Inspect a hollow tapered liner with an offset feed, central oil-rich reject, separate water-rich exit and two static direction cues.

Static preview of the produced-water deoiling hydrocyclone concept schematic
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The two original scenes explain different roles. Their equipment, pressure, water quality and connections are not matched, and no disposal or discharge route is approved here.

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These models are independent teaching examples. They are not a matched water-treatment train, and no outlet quality, reuse, injection or discharge is established.

HOW TO READ THIS MODEL

The system, explained.

After primary oil-and-water separation, a deoiling hydrocyclone can serve as an early produced-water treatment stage. SLB and Veolia describe pressure-driven tangential entry, an oil-enriched central reject and a water-rich lower outlet that may still need further treatment. This original Blender model makes those three boundaries and the open liner inspectable. Blue and gold paths are fixed visual annotations, not pipes or calculated flow. Its proportions, part shapes and colours are invented; it is distinct from the dry gas-and-solids cyclone elsewhere in this atlas.

Model scope and limits

Original invented static liner/head display with actual open offset feed, double-surface taper, open central oil-reject and lower water-rich boundaries, separate joint/support markers and two fixed direction cues. It is not an SLB or Veolia product, copied liner design, manufactured connection, complete produced-water treatment train or selected Alberta installation. No measured oil removal, pressure drop, flow, fluid properties, droplet size, erosion, controls, reject recycle, downstream treatment, water quality, discharge/injection approval, vessel rating, seal, structural calculation or safe operating/service procedure.

Further reading: SLB VORTOIL overview: general produced-water hydrocyclone inlet, reject and underflow roles; no product art or dimensions copied ↗

Source links support further study; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

What does the lower water-rich outlet establish in this lesson?

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GUIDED COMPONENT STUDY

Trace the system.

Read each explanation, then focus its component in the explorer. This is a learning route through the model, with no operating or maintenance sequence.

  1. Locate the offset feed

    This open rectangular duct meets an actual opening in the upper head. Its invented position does not specify inlet velocity, pressure or a vendor liner.

  2. Inspect the complete head

    The browser model retains a full double-surface wall and open side feed. Only the poster removes the facing half for reading.

  3. Trace the long taper

    Inner and outer surfaces narrow toward a separate lower outlet. Shape alone cannot establish centrifugal force, droplet separation or erosion life.

  4. Read the outer blue cue

    This fixed line suggests the general outer direction described in the primary reading. It is not a pipe, fluid trace or CFD result.

  5. Read the central gold cue

    This second fixed line points toward the central reject. It cannot demonstrate vortex stability, axial reversal or reject concentration.

  6. Find the central outlet

    A real hollow tube leaves the top of the head. Its bore and penetration are original, arbitrary geometry rather than a selected oil-recovery circuit.

  7. Keep the water boundary open

    The lower open tube marks a water-rich destination before further treatment or authorized handling. Nothing here proves the water meets a standard.

  8. Separate interface from rating

    A distinct annulus and external fastener markers identify a conceptual head/liner joint. They do not establish seal compression or pressure integrity.

  9. Recognize display structure

    Four posts and feet hold the model for reading; they are not an engineered vessel support or foundation.

Additional primary references: SLB VORTOIL: broad tangential feed, central reject and water-rich underflow roles; checked September 28, 2026; no product geometry copied ↗ · Veolia STREAMLINER: early produced-water treatment role and pressure-driven inlet; checked September 28, 2026; no product geometry copied ↗

ACCESSIBLE COMPONENT REFERENCE

Every part, in plain language.

Search all components ↗Model provenance ↗
Base frame

Illustrative support frame; foundations and structural design vary.

Complete hollow inlet head

Upper liner/head envelope with an actual offset side opening. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Complete long tapered liner

Continuous hollow taper with inner and outer surfaces, open at both ends. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Open offset produced-water feed

Open feed duct meeting the head near its wall; orientation is a role cue, not a selected inlet. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Open feed flange

Separate open rectangular interface; no selected joint or rated flange. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head top annular closure

Closed annular top outside the central reject passage. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Central oil-reject finder

Hollow central extension into the inlet head and out of the top. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Open oil-reject flange

Open upper reject boundary; it does not specify recycling or oil recovery. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Lower treated-water outlet

Open lower water-rich boundary; additional treatment or approved handling remains outside the model. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Open water-outlet flange

Separate open lower flange; no discharge, reuse or injection permission. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint upper ring

Separate conceptual head/liner interface, without seal or fastening qualification. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint lower ring

Separate conceptual head/liner interface, without seal or fastening qualification. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint gasket marker

Separate conceptual head/liner interface, without seal or fastening qualification. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 1

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 1

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 2

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 2

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 3

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 3

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 4

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 4

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 5

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 5

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 6

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 6

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 7

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 7

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint smooth stud 8

Separate fastener location; no thread, tension or pressure joint. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Head joint nut marker 8

External nut shape only; fit and preload are not verified. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation support 1

Display frame location, without structural or foundation design. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation foot 1

Unrated display foot without anchors or loads. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation support 2

Display frame location, without structural or foundation design. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation foot 2

Unrated display foot without anchors or loads. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation support 3

Display frame location, without structural or foundation design. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation foot 3

Unrated display foot without anchors or loads. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation support 4

Display frame location, without structural or foundation design. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Presentation foot 4

Unrated display foot without anchors or loads. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Static outer water-rich path cue

Fixed visual line for a possible outer water-rich direction, not actual fluid motion. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Static central oil-rich path cue

Fixed visual line for the contrasting central reject direction, not actual fluid motion. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Outer direction arrow

Fixed visual direction cue, not flow, velocity or separation performance. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.

Central direction arrow

Fixed visual direction cue, not flow, velocity or separation performance. Original static teaching geometry; no vendor liner, hydraulic design, pressure rating, separation efficiency, effluent quality or service procedure.