API Separator
API Separator
API Separator
September 2023
API (American Petroleum Institute) Separator
Equalization
Tank To Wastewater
Oil Reduction: 52 – 99% Treatment Plant
Oil skimmer to collection trough Collection trough
COD Reduction: 5 – 45%
TSS Reduction: 10 – 68%
API Separator
Influent
Overflow Pumps
Storage
Sludge Pumps Prior to
If solids removal from the cones is
not performed frequently, sometimes
Centrifuge
Sludge Pumps
as often as every few hours, the Dewatering
suction line will plug!
Slop
Oil
Centrifuge
Recycle Oil
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API Separator
API Overflow to
Maximum velocity through the API Equalization (EQ) tank
is ≤3 feet per minute
Influent
Surface Skimmings to
Oil Recovery
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Slop Oil
Flocculant
CPI: Corrugated Plat Interceptor
Equalization Dissolved
CPI Aeration Tank - Complete Mix Air Flotation
Influent Primary
Clarifier
Tank
Mixer
Oily Solids
Air Sand
Filter
Sludge Disposal
Flocculant