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14-September-2008 18:38:50 - API oil-water separator An API oil-water separator is a device designed to separate gross amounts of oil and suspended solids from the wastewater effluents of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, natural gas processing plants and other industrial sources. The name is derived from the fact that such separators are designed according to standards published by the American Petroleum Institute API. 12 Contents 1 Description of the design and operation 2 History 3 Other oil-water separation applications 4 See also 5 References Description of the design and operation A typical gravimetric API separator A typical gravimetric API separator The API separator is a gravity separation device designed by using Stokes Law to define the rise velocity of oil droplets based on their density and size. The design of the separator is based on the specific gravity difference between the oil and the wastewater because that difference is much smaller than the specific gravity difference between the suspended solids and water. Based on that design criterion, most of the suspended solids will settle to the bottom of the separator as a sediment layer, the oil will rise to top of the separator, and the wastewater will be the middle layer between the oil on top and the solids on the bottom.2 Typically, the oil layer is skimmed off and subsequently re-processed or disposed of, and the bottom sediment layer is removed by a chain and flight scraper or similar device and a sludge pump. The water layer is sent to further treatment consisting usually of a dissolved air flotation DAF unit for further removal of any residual oil and then to some type of biological treatment unit for removal of undesirable dissolved chemical compounds. A typical parallel plate separator A typical parallel plate separator Parallel plate separators are similar to API separators but they include tilted parallel plate assemblies also known as parallel packs.2 The underside of each parallel plate provides more surface for suspended oil droplets to coalesce into larger globules. Any sediment slides down the topside of each parallel plate. Such separators still depend upon the specific gravity between the suspended oil and the water. However, the parallel plates enhance the degree of oil-water separation. The result is that a parallel plate separator requires significantly less space than a conventional API separator to achieve the same degree of separation. History The API separator was developed about 75 years ago by the API and the Rex Chain Belt Company. The first API separator was installed in 1933 at the Atlantic Refining Company ARCO refinery in Philadelphia. Since that time, virtually all of the refineries worldwide have installed API separators in their wastewater treatment plants. The majority of those refineries installed the API separators using the original design based on the specific gravity difference between oil and water. However, many refineries now use plastic parallel plate packing to enhance the gravity separation.12 Other oil-water separation applications There are other applications requiring oil-water separation. For example: Oily water separators OWS for separating oil from the bilge water accumulated in ships as required by the international MARPOL Convention.34 Oil and water separators are commonly used in electrical substations. The transformers found in substations use a large amount of oil for cooling purposes. Moats are constructed surrounding unenclosed substations to catch any leaked oil, but these will also catch rainwater. Oil and water separators therefore provide a quicker and easier cleanup of an oil leak.5 See also Pollution Wastewater Industrial wastewater treatment Industrial water treatment References ^ a b American Petroleum Institute API February 1990. Management of Water Discharges: Design and Operations of Oil-Water Separators, 1st ion, American Petroleum Institute. ^ a b c d Beychok, Milton R. 1967. Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants, 1st ion, John Wiley Sons. LCCN 67019834. ^ International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and later amendments ^ Oily water separator ^ Leonard L.Grigsby 2001. The Electrical Power Engineering Handbook. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-8578-4. Photographs, drawings and design discussion of gravimetric API Separators Oil/Water Separators Diagrams and description of separators using plastic parallel plate packing. Oil-in-water Separation Good discussion and explanation of wastewater treatment processes. Monroe Environmental Clarifiers Manufacturer, drawings, photographs, diagrams and descriptions. Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/API_oil-water_separator Categories: Chemical engineering | Environmental engineering | Oil refineries | Petroleum | Separation processes | Waste treatment technology Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page This page was last modified on 11 September 2008, at 21:23
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