What is a micron, and what does it have to do with separation?
There are 24,500 mirons in one inch, so one micron is 1/24,500ths of an inch. In the business of oilfield separation, droplets or solid particles larger that 150 microns generally separate rapidly, while those smaller do not. Droplets and particles smaller than 10 microns do not separate, but flow along with the fluid stream. So, the key to good separation is to manage the way fluids and solids are handled and processed to minimize the chances of them being sheared into tiny particles that dont separate.
