VIEC

A VIEC wall installed inside a HP separator

Vessel Internal Electrostatic Coalescer (VIEC®) is the natural choice to improve separation and the quality of produced oil and water.

VIEC® solves the often experienced problem with emulsion and capacity limits in separators. It enhances the speed and efficiency of the separation process by forcing small water droplets to merge and form larger, faster sedimenting drops. See how water droplets are coalescing on this video and how a small water droplet coalesces with a bigger water droplet on this video

Until the development of VIEC®, the electrostatic coalescer technology has been unavailable for use in inlet separators. With new electric and mechanical developments, the VIEC® technology have moved the coalescer performance upstream to the inlet separators. See how the VIEC completely removes the emulsion layer in our transparaent laboratory separator on this video, and how an electrostatic field efficiently removes the emulsion and makes the water fall out in just seconds on this video.

Experience from several offshore installations, with oils ranging from 12-50 API, have shown that VIEC® greatly improves both the oil and produced water quality.

Please watch our video below...

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