Method and apparatus for recovering waste oil

Patent · Tue Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6783271

Kennedy, A B

Oil is recovered from a mixture of oil and water by heating the mixture, adding a de-emulsifier, passing the mixture through a first vibrating screen, adding a surface tension reducer, processing through a hydrocyclone, passing through a second vibrating screen, and separating the oil from water by settling.

• Assignee: EDB-83-047978
• Patent Number(s): US 4350596
• OSTI ID: 6783271
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 22 May 1981; Other Information: PAT-APPL-266201
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
WASTE OILS
RECOVERY
CYCLONE SEPARATORS
DEMULSIFICATION
EMULSIONS
HEATING
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
MIXTURES
SCREENS
SURFACTANTS
SUSPENSIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
COLLOIDS
CONCENTRATORS
DISPERSIONS
EQUIPMENT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INERTIAL SEPARATORS
MANAGEMENT
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
020800* - Petroleum- Waste Management
320305 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management