How to Configure Drilling Fluids Mud Tanks in the Solids Control System?

Dec 20, 2013

In drilling mud system, mud tank fall into two categories like square tank and cone-shaped tank according to the shape difference of the tank bottom.

Mud tank is an important part in the solids control system. Based on functions, mud tank includes metering tank, circulating tank, chemical tank, aggravating tank, precipitating tank, storing tank, etc. It is the base of solids control equipment, and also the carrier of drilling fluids. Solids control equipment that are all mounted on the top of mud tank include several kinds of solids control equipment, such as shale shaker, desander, desilter, vacuum degasser, drilling fluids decanter centrifuge and drilling mud agitator, etc.
 

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How to Configure Drilling Fluids Mud Tanks in the Solids Control System?

There are many ways to configure mud tanks below solids control equipment. The most common practice requires three sections. Below shale shaker we have the first section known as the sand trap where the mud to be pumped from this section goes through desander. The cleaned mud is then dumped into the second section known as a silt tank. The mud is picked up then pumped through desilter. The desilter dumps the cleaned mud into the third section, know as the clean mud or mixing tank. This will be picked up by the pump to be pumped back into the bore hole.

Combination of desander/desilter is common when the volume being pumped is under 500GPM. The tank separation in this application can be achieved with two sections in the mud tank. A clean section where mud to be mixed and pumped down hole is located. The second section is under the shale shaker where the contaminated mud is picked up and processed by the desander/desilter combination.

In China, KOSUN is the pioneer and leader in the drilling fluids solids control and professional drilling waste management. KOSUN has been providing the drilling fluids solids control equipment and solids control system for more than 20 years, we have obtained abundant industrial experience after 21-year development, we always insist on manufacturing high quality solids control equipment for oilfield.