It is necessary to install a vacuum degasser for their removal from the drilling fluids since the invading gases may impact mud properties, cause safety risks and affect the lifespan of some equipment.
Work principle of vacuum degasser
The drilled cuttings would settle into the setting pit, and the drilling fluids would flow over and into the second compartment. A sand pump would be used to pump the drilling mud from the second compartment up to the vacuum degasser, the drilling mud enters into the vacuum tank through the feeding pipe, and rotates by the rotor of the degasser, by the effect of centrifugal force, the drilling fluids would be threw to the inner wall of the vacuum tank, and the gases that migrate into the mud would be separated from the mud.
Features of vacuum degasser
1. Self-priming device enables it to pump drilling fluids without centrifugal pump.
2. Corrosion is eliminated and cost on repairing as well as maintenance reduced.
3. The design is compact and the footprint is small.
4. It can also work as powerful drilling fluids agitator.
