Oil/water separation apparatus for oil-containing mixture
AssigneeJyonan Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorKenichi Yokota
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Abstract
Oil adsorbent layers 4 and packed layers 5 are alternately laminated inside a treatment vessel 2, the oil adsorbent layers 4 comprise ten laminated flat sheets 4a composed of polypropylene, and gelled aluminum hydroxide 15 is evenly applied over the surface of each of these sheets 4a on the laminated side. These flat sheets 4a are lipophilic and hydrophobic.
Claims19
An apparatus for separating oil from an oil-containing mixture, comprising a treatment vessel in which an inlet port for an oil-containing mixture and an outlet port for treated water produced by oil separation treatment are provided across from one another, wherein an interior of the treatment vessel is provided with an oil separation layer produced by alternately laminating oil adsorbent layers, which fit snugly against the inner walls of the treatment vessel, and packed layers, in which spaces between powder particles in the packed layers are filled with a coagulant, and a specific space is maintained within the treatment vessel between the inlet port and an uppermost surface of said oil separation layer.
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