دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: 1. water produced with oil. It usually settles out within five minutes when the well fluids become stationary in a settling space within a vessel. Compare emulsified water. 2. the measured volume of water that is present in a container and that is not in suspension in the contained liquid at observed temperature.

1. the excess water that separates from a cement slurry on standing. 2. the first water that separates from the crude oil in the first stage of the separator (free water knockout or FWKO).

the first stage of separation in a crude that contains a large amount of water.

abbr: free-water knockout.

see Free Water Knockout.