HSS Technical Solutions

Kunshan│ 10 July 2019

Bram© De Meulemeester
Alfa Laval www.alfalaval.com/marine
Alfa Laval: roots in separation
Separator development
• R&D located in Stockholm (Sweden), Shanghai
(China) and Monza (Italy)
• Several hundred scientists, engineers and
technicians
• Dedicated Testing facilities
• Training facilities for internal and external use
• Close to Sales and Manufacturing

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Alfa Laval: roots in separation
Separator development
Expertise in all relevant disciplines:
• Fluid Mechanics
• Machine dynamics
• Sensing & Controls
• Materials & Chemistry
• System and module development
• Marine Compliance
• Testing!

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Product Portfolio
Marine Separation
Fuel & Lube treatment
- All capacities: S and P Flex Range
- Small vessels: Solid Bowl machines
Oily waste treatment
- PureBilge (bilge water cleaning)
- Pre-Bilge (bilge pre-treatment)
- PureDry and MSPX (fuel recovery, sludge
concentration)
Scubber water treatment
- PureNOx
- PureSOx H2O
Crankcase gas
- PureVent
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Product Portfolio
Fuel & Lube: S and P Flex Range
Complete range of machines:
• With ALCAP (S-type) or without ALCAP (P-type)
• 9 different sizes
- Lube: up to 24 m3/h
- Fuels: up to 39 m3/h
• Easy to integrate, easy to operate
• Flexible supply: skid or loose components
• Multiple Flex: several skids interconnected

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The separator of the future

• Our focus is on:

• Robustness
• Separation efficiency
• Energy-efficiency
• Smart separation

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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
For a given machine size this means:
• Higher separation efficiency
• Higher throughput capacity (lph)

For a given duty this means:

• Smaller, more compact machines

But …after more than 100 years… is there still room for improvement?

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The separator of the future...
Is more effective

“Isn’t it simple… More discs in bowl = more separation power?”

Yes and no… Bowl

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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Flow of cleaned oil/fuel

Disc spacing

Flow pattern Flow of separated particles,

sludge, water

Bowl disc

Bowl disc
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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Particles, water, sludge are
’dragged’ with the oil/fuel

Smaller Disc
spacing
Flow pattern

Bowl disc

Bowl disc
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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Hence:
• There is an optimum disc spacing, related to viscosity
• Reducing the spacing below this optimum will reduce performance
• Furthermore, reducing the spacing leads to - risk for clogging
- more difficult to clean
- heavier, more expensive disc stack

So… how can separation performance be increased?

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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
There are plenty of factors that allow for performance increase!
• Liquid-liquid interface management
• Sludge and water evacuation management
• Optimized flow patterns: - in the distribution zone
- at the edge of the disc stack
• Optimize bowl internals to allow max Disc area (angle, diameters)
• Increase of G-force
• Maintaining consisten spacing between the discs
• Shape and number of caulks, slots, …
• Distributor design
• X-factors …
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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Example: Separator Efficiency Upgrade “Apollo Luna”
• Redesigned disc stack, distributor and top disc
• Performance increase up to 30% (CFR)
• Development based on: - Idea
- CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
- Lab verification

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The separator of the future...
Is more effective
Example: Separator Efficiency Upgrade “Apollo Luna”
• Brim disc to counter the re-introduction of separated particles
• Result: more efficient separation

= particles

= oil
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The separator of the future...
Is more energy-efficient
For a given capacity this means:

• Lower carbon footprint

• Lower installation and operating cost

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The separator of the future...
Is more energy-efficient
Energy savings…
• Reduce electrical losses (motor)
• Reduce mechanical losses (ex. bearings)
• Reduce friction between liquid and bowl parts
• Reduce friction between rotating bowl and air
• Reduce energy level of outcoming liquid
(pressure, velocity)

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The separator of the future...
Is more energy-efficient
Example: Alfa Laval ‘C2C’ centre-to-centre philosophy
• Liquid outlets as close to the centre as possible
• Reduction of energy level of outcoming liquid
• Significant energy savings!

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The separator of the future...
Is more intelligent
The future separator…

• Senses and measures

Smart Separation
• Learns and adapts is the future!

• Is part of a system

• Is connected
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The separator of the future...
Is more intelligent
Customer values…

• Condition monitoring
Smart Separation
• Predictive maintenance is the future!
• Performance optimization

• Valuable data

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“It’s all about separation efficiency and adapting to 2020 fuels,
by optimizing the steel and Smart Separation”

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 Thank you very much 
for your attention
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