OILY WATER SEPARATION SYSTEM

This report describes the evaluation of an oily water separation system for marine use consisting of an Esso Coalescer for oil removal downstream of an AMF-Cuno Super Auto-Klean Filter for particulate removal. The system's effectiveness was inconsistent due to coalescer plugging by wax. The Cuno Filter was ineffective in reducing particulates. The best performance was obtained using two coalescers downstream of a surge tank which was used for gross oil removal. Oil removal efficiencies of nearly 90% were achieved with this system. General application of this type of coalescer where a highly polished effluent is desired is discouraged for dirty ballast water treating because of wax plugging which makes the coalescer inoperative. Applications for removing low wax content oils are suggested.

• Corporate Authors:

  Esso Research and Engineering Company

  P.O. Box 101
  Florham Park, NJ  United States  07932
• Authors:
  • Skocypec, R J
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 54 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Ships); Effluents; Environmental quality; Oil spill cleanup
• Uncontrolled Terms: Oil separators
• Old TRIS Terms: Effluent quality; Oil removal systems
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: EE.2 TMR.72 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: C-1-35049
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM