Vertical Cuttings Dryer, Cuttings Dryer

As our industry evolves, we are faced with increasing responsibility to protect the environment in which we operate. Concurrently, government agencies continue to increase pressure toward achieving these goals by placing stringent effluent limitations on the discharge of contaminated drill cuttings to the environment. To support the goals of both the industry and regulators, KEMTRON has developed a rugged and easy to use Vertical Cuttings Dryer (“VCD”).

Achieving Results
Typical linear motion shaker cuttings maintain a liquid content on average between 12% to 16%. When properly managed, KEMTRON’s VCD can lower the liquid content below 5%. This can be done while managing 40 tons (36,000 kilograms) per hour of drilling cuttings.

Operation
KEMTRON’s rugged, continuous VCD is fed via screw conveyor, vacuum system, or rotary-lobe solids pump from the flow-line shakers. Drill cuttings are fed into the hopper, and distributed along the inner wall of the screen with the aid of the rotor. The liquid phase, or “filtrate”, passes through the screen openings while the vertical scraper with sintered tungsten carbide tiles scrape the accumulating cake solids towards the bottom of the VCD for disposal. The filtrate gravity flows into a containment tank and pumped to a high speed decanter centrifuge. Upon discharge, the dried cuttings are then safely discharged to the environment, are collected for further treatment or off-site disposal. KEMTRON’s VCD significantly improves liquid phase recovery, thereby paying for itself.

Controls
KEMTRON’s VCD can be operated with soft start or with a variable frequency drive (“VFD”) controller. Soft starts can be provided within a NEMA 7X explosion-proof enclosure. VFD controls are provided in a NEMA 4X enclosure and include an operator-friendly human/machine interface (“HMI”) and programmable logic controller. KEMTRON’s in-house panel shop can customize your system, regardless of the application or the service conditions.

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