DEVELOPMENT OF A COALESCING TYPE OIL WATER SEPARATOR FOR MARINE SERVICE

This paper discusses the development and application of a coalescent type oil water separator suitable for shipboard service. The coalsecent separator utilizing a disposable coalescing media is described relative to its utilization in vessel bilge, ballast, and cargo tank cleaning systems. Test methods and test results are presented demonstrating the ability of the separator to produce effluent containing less than 100 ppm oil when supplied with oil water mixtures, including emulsified mixtures. Efficient separation is maintained with inlet mixture of oil concentration up to 100 percent. Oil reclaimed in the separator contains less than 1 percent water and is, therefore, suitable for use as a fuel in the ships boiler.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Availability-J.C. Dullaghan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
• Corporate Authors:

  Aqua-Chem, Incorporated

  225 North Grand Avenue
  Waukesha, WI  United States  53186
• Authors:
  • Hartenstein, L J
  • Lindemuth, T E
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Ships); Cleaning; Effluents; Monitoring; Oils; Quality assurance; Sewage treatment; Storage tanks; Water quality; Water quality management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Oil separators
• Old TRIS Terms: Effluent treatment; Oil quality; Tank cleaning
• Subject Areas: Environment; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015223
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM