shaker and solid control

**schister** · 07-14-2009, 07:10 PM

Hi! Any idea of performance about shakers? I need to select the proper system for my well. Any book o paper usefull? thanksss

**djfirzen** · 07-14-2009, 07:42 PM

see if this helps u out

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best of luck!!!

**schister** · 07-15-2009, 11:26 PM

Thanks but it is not enough. Any idea of how to calculate the density after de shaker?

**djfirzen** · 07-16-2009, 05:54 PM

could u explain in detail???
i couldnt quite get what u wanted to calculate...

**schister** · 07-16-2009, 07:24 PM

Hi! First of all thanks a lot!! I need to evaluate the performance of the shaker. I need to know what will be the density after the shaker when i use a certain mesh or screen, that means how many gr/lt the shaker will remove. I know that the type (200x 200,150x 150, etc) depends on many factors (density, PV, mud, etc) but i need to know what is optimum screen for my system. Depending on the screen size i will chose the correct d'sander and dsilter. Any idea? I hope i was clear...

**djfirzen** · 07-17-2009, 07:38 AM

crystal clear!... but give me some time.... i think i might have what u asked for...

**Stein Moi** · 08-12-2009, 11:50 AM

Hello

To give some information to your question. It is a bit hard to give an excact answer as the information provided is not very much. I will try anyway.

The engineering approach could be taken, where you would determine what flowrate, ammount of cuttings, cleanliness of the mud and other parameters would be given as a criteria for choosing the shaker type, and not at least the type and manufacturer of screen. The screen is really the main issue as there are so many different screens around and there are so many way of claiming how they perform. Some companies are only interested in flowrate, while other are interested in given a correct cut point performance for the screen and shaker system.

The economic way could also be choosen, just finding the chapest priced equipment......

In the end the mud company normally solves poo performance of the shkers/screen by dilluting the mud (which makes the operational cost go up).

I work for a company providing a new generation of mud cleaning technology,called the MudCube. Here is an example: [link Point to another website Only the registered members can access]

**reservoirengineer** · 08-12-2009, 02:13 PM

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**schister** · 08-12-2009, 03:42 PM

Thanks for your answer Stein. I know that it's a difficult question that's why i asked.
I will try to follow your advise. Not always the cheapest equipment is the most economic. A lot of problems can occur if the equipment is not appropriate for the operation. Like you say the cost of dilution will be high and that is what i'm trying to diminish.
thanks a lot!!!