Solids & Oil Water Separation Systems

June 10, 2014
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Oil and Solids Water Separation Unit
The Solids and Oil Water Separation Systems (SOWS) are horizontal gravity flow treatment systems designed to separate settleable solids, suspended solids, and free and dispersed oil.

New SOWS Systems Remove Both Free & Dispersed Oil AND Settable & Suspended Solids!

Introducing the new Best Available Technology (BAT) for the treatment of produced water and flow-back water. The Solids and Oil Water Separation Systems (SOWS) are horizontal gravity flow treatment systems designed to separate settleable solids, suspended solids, and free and dispersed oil.

This system is a significant improvement to the currently used CPI Separators which can only separate free oil and settleable solids – allowing a considerable amount of dispersed oil, suspended solids, and stable emulsions to pass through the system.

Applications:

  • Onshore and Offshore Drilling Operations
  • Oil Refineries
  • Produced Water
  • Waste Oil Processing Facilities

Benefits:

  • No moving parts
  • Low maintenance
  • Heavy duty carbon or stainless construction

The SOWS System has 5 stages of separation.

Solids Oil Water Separation
Solids Oil Water Separation

Stage 1, Inlet Area – The water mixture flows into the inlet quiescent area where the velocity of the water slows. The free oil (150 micron in size or greater) separates and rises to the surface where it is removed by a pipe skimmer.

Stage 2, Clarifier/Solids Intercept Section – The settleable solids flow downward and are captured in the clarifier/ solids intercept section.

Stage 3, Inclined Plate Section – The suspended solids and dispersed oil flow upward through the inclined plates section. Most of the suspended solids will slide down these plates into the hopper.

Stage 4, Separation Compartment – The remaining suspended solids and dispersed oil flow into the separation compartment where the coalescing plates remove 99% of the free oil droplets 30 micron or greater. This oil rises to the surface where an oil skimmer decants it to an oil storage tank. The coalescing plates then capture the remaining suspended solids.

Stage 5, Clean Water Compartment – The flow of water will go over the overflow weir into the clean water compartment where oil absorption polishing bags trap any trace oils before the water is discharged.

SOWS Solids Oil Water Separation Systems

Model BPD
(Barrels Per Day)
GPM Width Length Height Inlet
Outlet Dia
Clarifier
Plate Area, SF
Separator
Coalescing Volume, CF
Sludge
Volume (Gal)
Total
Capacity (Gal)
SOWS-150 5,140 150 6′-6″ 20′-0″ 9′-0″ 6″ 600 64 300 4250
SOWS
-200
6,850 200 6′-6″ 20′-0″ 10′-0″ 6″ 800 80 300 4930
SOWS
-250
8,570 250 7′-6″ 20′-6″ 10′-0″ 8″ 1000 96 350 5810
SOWS
-300
10,285 300 8′-6″ 21′-6″ 10′-0″ 8″ 1200 120 400 7040
SOWS
-350
12,000 350 8′-6″ 23′-0″ 10′-0″ 8″ 1400 150 425 7480
SOWS
-400
13,715 400 8′-6″ 24′-6″ 11′-0″ 8″ 1600 150 500 8500
SOWS
-450
15,430 450 9′-6″ 26′-0″ 11′-0″ 8″ 1800 175 525 10020
SOWS
-500
17,140 500 9′-6″ 26′-6″ 11′-0″ 8″ 2000 210 550 10450
SOWS
-550
18,855 550 9′-6″ 28′-0″ 12′-0″ 8″ 2200 210 675 11580
SOWS
-600
20,570 600 9′-6″ 29′-6″ 12′-0″ 10″ 2400 240 700 13240
SOWS
-700
24,000 700 10′-6″ 30′-0″ 12′-0″ 10″ 2800 288 750 15450
SOWS
-800
27,425 800 10′-6″ 31′-0″ 12′-6″ 10″ 3200 324 775 17540
SOWS
-900
30,860 900 10′-6″ 32′-6″ 13′-0″ 12″ 3600 324 800 19260

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