VORTEX CONCEPT FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM WATER

Oil-water separators are required for removing the oil from oil-water mixtures such as factory waste water, ship's bilge water, and ship's ballast water, or can be used in an oil-spill clean-up system. The study evaluates the feasibility of using a refined vortex separator for various shipboard applications. The report contains three main sections: a discussion of vortex separator test results (including test results for a 6-in.-dia/10-gpm separator and for a 9.5-in.-dia/50-gpm separator); a discussion of a scaling technique; and an evaluation of the separator for shipboard applications.

• Corporate Authors:

  United Aircraft Corporation

  Research Laboratories
  East Hartford, CT  United States 
• Authors:
  • Stoeffler, R L
  • Jones, C E
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 109 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Oil spill cleanup; Oils; Separators; Waste disposal; Water quality management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Oil separators
• Old TRIS Terms: Oily ballast disposal
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046102
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-4105.2/1 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-20253-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 1973 12:00AM