Method for removing waste oil particles from a waste water fluid stream
AssigneeQuad-S Consultants, Inc.
InventorsRobert Standridge, George R. Ratliff, Corley P. Senyard, Sr., Corley P. Senyard, Jr., Steve L. Garrett, William H. Senyard, Thomas J. Senyard
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Abstract
A method for removing waste oil particles having a particle size generally in the range of 1-97 microns from a waste water stream includes first transmitting seed oil particles having a particle size of at least 20 microns into the waste water stream. The seed oil is allowed to mix with waste oil particles suspended in the waste water stream. Oil is then removed which includes a combination of the seed oil and combined waste oil particles.
Claims12
A method of removing relatively small waste oil particles having a particle size in the range of less than one hundred microns from a waste water stream comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting seed oil particles from an external source into the waste water stream;
- (b) allowing the seed oil particles and waste water oil particles to mix in the wastewater stream for a time interval sufficiently long so that waste oil particles combine with the seed oil particles;
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- (c) removing oil that includes the seed oil and the combined waste oil particles from the waste water stream after the time interval.
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