Mud Cleaner in Oil & Gas Rigs
The mud cleaner has a battery of 101.6 mm (4") desilters mounted over a fine screen shaker. The original reason for its introduction was to separate and save barytes in weighted muds. However, they are now used for low solids mud and oil mud. By accelerating mud through a curved vessel, there will be a separation of solids and mud (Read more about Stokes Law to understand the separation means). These solids will pass over a screen to recover excess fluid.
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