Question: Design a three - phase vertical separator to handle the field production ( Consider separators with slenderness ratio only between 2 . 3 and 3

Design a three-phase vertical separator to handle the field production (Consider separators with slenderness ratio only between 2.3 and 3), given:
Water oil ratio: 25%
Gasoil ratio: 5 MSCF/bbl
Operating pressure: 500 psia
Operating temperature: 100\deg F
Oil gravity: 32\deg API
Water specific gravity: 1.08
Gas specific gravity: 0.6
Oil viscosity: 5 cP
Oil retention time: 0.15 hr
Water retention time: 0.10 hr
Drag coefficient: 1.61
Z =0.93
Liquid production rate: 6000 BPD

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