PROCESS SYSTEMS

METROL SEA-SCREEN Coarse Strainers

WATER

Proven efficient separation systems

Highly effective, trouble free, online backflushing sea water strainer systems.

Overview
Water is used extensively for cooling, water injection and
utility purposes by the oil industry. It requires filtration to
protect downstream equipment and injection/production
formations. METROL SEA-SCREEN seawater coarse strainer
designs have supported the oil industry for over 20 years,
making Cameron the world market leader in this field with
an unrivaled reference list.

Gearbox Assembly
Drive Coupling
Filtered Water Outlet

Operating Principle and Key Features

Pressurized water enters the strainer basket at the
bottom and passes up and radially outward through
the cylindrical strainer basket. Entrained solids larger
than the straining slot become trapped in the horizontal
recesses on the inlet face of the basket. As the volume
of solids increases, the differential pressure across the
strainer basket rises, requiring removal of the solids. This
is achieved by a high efficiency automatic backflushing
mechanism which can be initiated in one of three ways:

Strainer Basket
Backflush Flow Path
Backflush Collector
Head
Raw Water Inlet

Vessel

Backwash Pipe

Backflush interval timer

Backwash
Outlet

Manual push button

Differential pressure switch
The METROL SEA-SCREEN Coarse Strainer stays online
during the backflushing process, at almost full forward
flow, with no deterioration in strainer performance. There
is automatic sequential cleaning in all the strainer baskets
within the package. On conclusion of a backflushing
sequence, the control system resets automatically.

Performance
The SEA-SCREEN strainer range is typically 25 microns
up to 2000 microns (2 mm) and these units are normally
guaranteed to at least 98% efficiency without chemicals.

Product Range

Drain Outlet

Benefits and Advantages

Only unit in the world specifically designed for offshore
water injection/cooling water applications
Excellent cleanability characteristics by virtue of its high
backwash velocity; in excess of ten times any equivalent
unit on the market
The confidence of continuous operating installations
dating back to the mid-1970s, such as BP Forties

Six standard strainer basket size models: 100, 200, 300,

400, 600 and 800

An equipment package incorporating the highest

effective strainer area and best possible operational
flexibility within the smallest envelope

Individual vessels containing one to seven strainer

baskets

Components of proven standard design, giving reliable,

trouble-free operation

Flow capacity from < 20 GPM (100m3/h) to > 2270 GPM

(10,000 m3/h) per vessel at 80 microns

Minimum possible water usage and flow rate during

backflushing through use of a high efficiency cleaning
mechanism, washing a small, precise element area at a
given moment

Materials of construction from lined carbon steel vessels

with SS internals to exotic alloys
Custom wound wedgewire baskets for exacting particle
size tolerances

Backflushing while the strainer remains online

Data Sheet | TC9814-043

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Options and Types

Vessel diameter ranges from 28 to 86
(700 mm to 2200 mm). Cameron uses the
versatility of component options to engineer
strainer packages to meet our clients
operational requirements within the physical
space available. Equipment packages can
incorporate all associated pipework, valves,
instruments and controls necessary for safe
and reliable operation; including, where
required, walkways, ladders and lifting gantry
for basket removal.

Installation Examples
More than 100 strainer packages currently
in service worldwide
Standard and custom packages handling
flows from 220 GPM (50 m3/h) to over 52,800
GPM (12,000 m3/h)
FPSOs, fixed platforms and onshore
installations

Applications
The METROL SEA-SCREEN Coarse Strainer also
has applications both onshore and offshore
for the filtration of:
Seawater
Aquifer water

L O C AT I ONS
United States of America
11210 Equity Dr., Suite 100
Houston, TX 77041 USA
TEL +713.849.7500
United Kingdom
Cameron House
61-73 Staines Road West
Sunbury-on-Thames
Middlesex, UK TW16 7AH
TEL +44.1932.732000
Singapore
2 Gul Circle (Gate 2)
Jurong, Singapore 629560
TEL +65.6861.3355
Other locations
Abu Dhabi
Australia
Brazil
Calgary

River water

Colombia

Estuary water

France

Produced water

Japan
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Russia
www.c-a-m.com

Multi Basket Coarse Strainer

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