Research on oil-water treatment control of three-phase separator based on dynamic mathematical model and GA algorithm
With the increasing water content of produced liquid in current oilfield,in order to improve the dewatering efficiency of horizontal three-phase separators,and to address the problem that the increase of inlet flow rate and outlet flow rate will cause in-terference to the separator control system,this study established a mathematical model for the relationship between the dewatering effi-ciency of separators and the height of oil-water interface,and introduced genetic algorithm to obtain the optimal height of oil-water interface.In this study,based on the oil-water interface control process of the three-phase separator,the separator is improved to build a dynamic mathematical model to reduce the interference of the control system.The experimental results show that when the oil-water interface height is 2.062 m,the dehydration efficiency of the separator is the highest,which is 95.47%.The average dehy-dration efficiency of the separator after optimization is 7.08%higher than that before optimization.When the inlet and outlet flow of the separator increases,the internal pressure of the separator changes within 500 to 1 000 Pa,which is within the normal range that the separator can bear.The liquid level control model established in this research is consistent with the output response of the separa-tor control system in actual operation.The research results have certain value in the research field of horizontal three-phase separator control system,and can be used as a technical reference.