CDS Engineering - Leader in Separation Technology

CDS designs and develops state-of-the-art separators. Over the years, we have established a reputation for supplying highly innovative separation solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry. A reputation that reflects our ability to increase separator throughput, reduce extraction costs and prolong the profitable exploration of depleted oil fields.

Our objective is to make the oil extraction process more efficient and less expensive. In pursuit of this objective, we are able to draw on unparalleled expertise, advanced in-house test facilities, the latest CFD tools and fundamental research.

As quality separation solutions are based on a thorough understanding of your process parameters, we make every effort to encourage and facilitate a close working relationship with our customers. Moreover, we are dedicated to providing you with a highly efficient and cost-effective solution. In September 2003 FMC Technologies acquired a controlling interest in CDS.

SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY

Conventional separators rely on the laws of nature – and gravity in particular - to separate oil, gas and water. Generally speaking, these substances are separated in large, heavy vessels that are moderately efficient and comparatively inflexible (low turndown).

Oversimplified, the technology developed by CDS lends Mother Nature a helping hand by introducing centrifugal forces during the separation process, thus allowing the process to be conducted faster and more efficiently. In practice, this translates to higher separator throughput and efficiency, significantly lower operating costs and - in case of new-built – a substantial reduction in vessel size and weight.

In addition to vessel-based separation equipment, we offer cutting-edge inline gas/liquid separators that combine exceptionally high levels of separation efficiency with very low installation and maintenance costs.

EXPERTISE

Experience has taught us that we can only arrive at a quality separation solution if we combine the process knowledge of our clients with our proven ability to analyse, redesign and optimise the overall separation process.

Having started life as a consultant to the oil and gas industry, CDS is able to field unparalleled experience and expertise. We also deploy state-of-the-art simulation tools and extensive in-house test facilities. We have all the facilities and know-how needed to develop and test solutions that meet individual customer requirements. CDS is actively involved in industry-wide research projects and has jointly developed separation solutions with companies like Statoil, Shell, FMC and Norsk Hydro.

R&D, CFD AND TEST CAPABILITIES

When it comes to highly innovative separation solutions CDS ranks among the industry leaders. Our aim is to develop new separation solutions on an ongoing basis. As a consequence, Research & Development forms an integral part of our operations.

In addition to exploring new separation techniques, we are able to test vessel internals to ascertain whether they are suitable for their intended use. Within this context, we analyse and simulate the flow distribution inside a vessel. Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), we can obtain an accurate representation of the flow profiles inside a separator. If required, we can also evaluate flows in piping systems and flow distributions in manifolds.

To make sure that our designs are as robust and efficient in practice as they are on paper, we conduct rigorous tests under operating conditions. To this end, we have developed extensive in-house test facilities.

The ability to test our separators under operating conditions ensures that our solutions live up to customer expectations once deployed in the field.

PRODUCTS OF CDS

Separation equipement:

• Evenflow Inlet Device
• Inlet Cyclones
• Wire Mesh Demisters / agglomerators
• Single and double horizontal /vertical flow vanes
• Spiraflow cyclones
• Perforated distribution baffles
• Plate Pack Coalescer
• Sand jet Systems
• Gasunie cyclone (under license from Gasunie)
• In-line Separation Technology: Deliquidiser, Degasser
• Mass transfer equipment: structured / random packing, Distributors

Services:

• Separator design studies with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Installation / supervision / commissioning services

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