Hunter Hydrocyclone Mud Cleaners Remove And Dry Solids Retaining Expensive ­Fluids

Hunter mud cleaner uses a two-stage separation process for enhanced drilling fluid recovery. This design enables our mud cleaners to handle the entire circulating volume and remove any dry solids while retaining premium base fluid, which is vital to drilling success.

Mud cleaner is equipment consisting of the shaker, desander cone, and desilter cone. We call it three in one, too. For the oil drilling mud process, the desander cone is sized 8-12''. The desilter cone is 4'' or 5''. Different size cones hold different treating capacities. When we confirm the configuration or design of mud cleaner, we should consider the general flow rate of all cones. For example, a 4" cone capacity is about 20m³/h and if we request a 240m³/h flow rate we need to configure 12 cones at least. To consider some heavy mud and large solids content we suggest 125% of the rated capacity.

Our two-stage process is achieved by a combination of hydrocyclones mounted over a shale shaker to operate as a single unit. The hydrocyclones make the primary separation with underflow directed onto the shaker vibrating screen.

Cones on Hunter mud cleaner are all high-quality polyurethane. Such cones are durable and anti-corrosive, oil-resistant, high temperature-resistant. They are very suitable for the drilling fluids process. For some clients, they prefer flexible capacity adjustment during operation so we'll install ball valves on the cone's inlet line.

Drilling mud is transferred to cones by a centrifugal pump from the shaker tank. Desander cone and desilter cone are fed by different pumps. This will provide better results. Under pump pressure, the fluids will run into cones and flow with centrifugal force. Then the heavy particles will deposit down and pushed out of the cone drop in Apex.

After the mud cleaner processing, the solids larger than 15 microns will be separated out of drilling fluids. The drilling mud with solids sprays out of cones drops down to the bottom screen panel. Under vibration and filtration, the solids will be drier and save many fluids for a good drilling. The cleaned mud is transferred to a centrifuge.

Our mud cleaners are equally effective for both weighted and unweighted drilling fluids and effectively lower both drilling fluid expenses and disposal costs.

Some clients don't know the difference between desander and desilter. Actually, it's very easy to identify them. Bigger cones separate larger particles and smaller ones separate the finer particles. And fluids will be separated by desilter after being processed by desander.

Besides the mud conditioner, the separated desander and desilter is another option for users. Please refer to information on desander and desilter for more reference. The bottom shaker under the mud cleaner cone is used to dry fluids out of the cone. So, the mesh size is rather high and the capacity is enough for discharge from the cone but not the same as the previous shaker

Please check below technical specifications for your reference.

For more information, please don't hesitate to contact AIPU solids control. You will get an optimal solution on mud conditioner or any other demand.

With the combination of a desander and desilter mounted over a powerful multi-functional Hyper-G™ shaker, AIPU’s line of mud cleaners offer both high performance and versatility for the operator. This integration of advanced equipment puts forth a unit that can handle large volumes of circulating fluids and is able to retain fluid integrity.
Features such as our patented ‘Water-Fall’ screen deck configuration, wedge-lock fastening system, mud bypass gate, desilter hydro cyclone
isolation valves and explosion-proof enclosures provide a durable, highly efficient mud cleaning system.
With our in-house engineering and design capabilities, AIPU can integrate any number of hydro cyclone arrangements with any of our
shakers. In all cases, AIPU’s hydrocyclones come with polyurethane bodies, where erosion-resistant inserts are available. Standard
hydrocyclone cone sizes available include 4”, 5”, 10”, and 12” and can be provided in arrangements of one to 20 cones. To ensure
optimum separation capability, the pressure differential through the hydrocyclone manifold can be controlled by the installation of isolation
valves on each cone.
To add an additional layer of screen protection, hydro cyclone manifold discharges can be collected in underflow collection troughs or each
cone can be fitted with a flow-deflection, “screen saver.” In AIPU’s multi-functional mud cleaners, the collection troughs can then be
directed to the top deck or bottom deck depending on the application and desired level of solid-liquid separation.

AIPU Solids control is professional manufacturer on solids control equipment and system. The solution for drilling mud process as well as the drilling waste management, and the oli sludge treatment system.

All items can be used in oil and gas drilling, the oil sludge treatment, the HDD mud recycling, the civil construction micro tunnelling, the piling and so on. The main equipment inlcuding solids control system, shale shaker, mud cleaner, centrifgue decanter, degassers, agitator, mud gun, centrifugal pumps, mud tank, cuttings dryer, the mud cooling system and so on.

Pleased to say AIPU products have been delivered to many regions and conturies around the world. Including Germany, Russia, USA, UK, Kuwait,  UAE, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and so on.

Our hot sales product Hunter series shale shaker is rather popular with all of our clients. The Hunter-MG and Hunter-D shale shakers can be configured as linear motion, BEM or the dual motion. For the decks, they can be double deck. For the base, they can be dual tandem or triple tandem

Another hot sales products Hunter seires mud cleaner is maintained all the good features of Hunter series shaker. And the hydrocylones are all made of high quality polyurethane. Another feature is the cones are interchangeable with famous brand ones.

Besides the shale shaker and mud cleaner, there are centrifugal pumps, mud agitators and so on equipment appreciated by our clients. New innovated mud cooling system for land oil drilling is a patented products used in SINOPEC drilling site. The performance surprised end users.

Why clients select AIPU?

It's because of high qualty and the reasonable cost happened during our cooperation. We are professional on solids control, mud process, sludge treatment. Among all the orders there are over 80% orders are repeat orders from our regular clients or recommned by them

Are you in the demand of solids control or other mud treatment-related items now? Please come to us freely. Trust you will be surprised by AIPU products and servcies. All the solutions will be optimal and soonest one.