VISCOSITY ACTUATED PHASE SEPARATING (VAPS), FOR OIL-WATER SEPARATIONS

The objective of this program was to evaluate the feasibility of viscosity actuated phase separation for the separation of oil and water. Several Buttress Thread Devices and an Elastomer Rotor Device were designed and evaluated. Although promising results were obtained with low to medium viscosity oils, generally all devices tested were not useful for the separation of oil from low oil content oil-water systems. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Union Carbide Corporation

  Chemicals and Plastics Division
  Bound Brook, NJ  United States  08805
• Authors:
  • Handwerk, R H
  • Smith, D J
  • Griesser, E E
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 179 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Ships); Bilges; Bonding; Design; Flow; Fluid dynamics; Mechanical analysis; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Oils; Viscosity; Waste disposal; Water pollution; Water quality management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fluid flow; Oil separators
• Old TRIS Terms: Bilge water; Bilge water treatment; Cg; Coalescing; Oily ballast disposal; Rotary pumps
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050835
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-24,289-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM