Hydrocyclone desander used in drilling mud system
Hydrocyclone desander for drilling mud Hydrocyclone is also called cyclone separator. Desander and desilter are drilling rig equipments with a set of hydrocyclones that separate sand and silt from the drilling fluid. Desander is installed after shale shakers and before desilter. Desander removes those abrasive solids from the drilling mud which cannot be removed by shakers. Desander with 10 hydrocyclones are able to remove roughly 50 percent of those solids within the 40-50 micron range at a flow rate of…