Oil/water separation system with sea skimmer: water pollution control research series

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1970

OSTI ID:6796485

The design, construction, and testing of, an oil skimming and separation system capable of processing 30,000 gallons per hour, and operating on the open ocean under Sea State 3 conditions is described. A 45 x 26-foot twin-hullled barge, which contained an entrance paddle wheel and self-adjusting skimming weirs, was built to support the skimming and separation equipment. A 500-gpm centrifuge was used to reduce the oil content of the discharge water to less than 100 ppM. The recovered oil contained less than 5% water. The oil content of the discharge water could be reduced to less than 20 ppM by recycling it through the centrifuge a second time. Intentionally spilled oils of API 15, 26, and 35 gravities were recovered and separated, as were weathered oil slicks. The centrifuge was particularly useful in separating the mixtures of water and the higher API gravity oils.

• Research Organization: AiResearch Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6796485
• Report Number(s): PB-211604
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CENTRIFUGATION
COST
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FIELD TESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OIL SPILLS
OPERATING COST
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEAS
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SKIMMERS
SURFACE WATERS
TESTING
WATER
WATER POLLUTION