Water/oil separator and use thereof
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorRuss R. Hard
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Abstract
A process for the removal of oil from oil-contaminated water is efficient, inexpensive, and capable of oil removal to a level where the water may be disposed of by conventional sewage treatment or reused. The apparatus which performs the process consists of an elongate housing having at least one upwardly extending oil collection tower and an oily water inlet mediate the oil or oil-enriched water outlet and the “clean” water outlet. The elongate housing and preferably also the oil collection tube are filled with beads of hydrophobic polymer.
Claims20
An apparatus for separating an oil and water mixture into an oil enriched component and a substantially oil reduced aqueous component, said apparatus comprising:
- an elongate housing having at least one upwardly extending oil collection tower having a remote terminus;
- said oil collection tower having an oil effluent passage located proximate said remote terminus;
- said elongate housing having a water effluent passage proximate an end of said elongate housing remote from said oil effluent passage;
- said elongate housing having an oil/water inlet passage mediate said oil effluent passage and said water effluent passage;
- said elongate housing containing beads of hydrophobic polymer.
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