{"id":181,"date":"2025-01-31T21:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2025-01-31T21:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:53:18","slug":"troubleshooting-of-desander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/soild-control-equipments\/troubleshooting-of-desander\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshooting of desander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Here are some common issues with desanders and how to troubleshoot them:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Plugged inlet or outlet<\/strong>:\u00a0Remove the cone and clean the lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low inlet velocity<\/strong>:\u00a0Check for a partially plugged inlet or cone body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low feed head<\/strong>:\u00a0Check for obstructions, pump size and rpm, partially closed valve, solids settling in feed line, or frozen lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unstable operating pressure<\/strong>:\u00a0Isolate the hydrocyclone to achieve a stable operating pressure or reset the pump speed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High wear rate<\/strong>:\u00a0Change the feeding condition or hydrocyclone parameters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Overflow occurs<\/strong>:\u00a0Check the angle of the line and the size of the line in the discharge area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Non-uniform inflow<\/strong>:\u00a0Check for sharp bends in the conveyance channel between intake and desander.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clogged discharge<\/strong>:\u00a0Check for a clogged discharge on the underflow of a cyclone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cone separation efficiency decreases<\/strong>:\u00a0Dilute the mud to decrease viscosity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A desander is a device that removes very small particles from drilling mud.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some common issues with desanders and how to troubleshoot them: A desander is a device that removes very small particles from drilling mud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,76],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soild-control-equipments","category-troubleshooting","tag-desander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rigmen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}