API separator

Unit for gravity separation of water, oil products and suspended solids in industrial wastewater.

The API separator is a unit for gravity separation of oil, grease and suspended solids from wastewater.

Advantages

• Removal of free-floating oil products
• Simple separation process
• Low mechanical complexity
• Effective pretreatment

Applications

• Primary gravity separation of free oil and oil products from wastewater
• Treatment of process wastewater from oil refineries and petrochemical plants
• Reduction of the oil load ahead of downstream treatment stages
• Pretreatment of streams with a significant free oil phase content