Oily Water Separator
Oily Water Separator
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Hi everyone. I am seeking some advice as to weather a oily water separator is required for a Diesel Power plant. The diesel plant installed capacity is 3.3 MW (3 X 1.1 MW engines). The diesel storage capacity is 50,000 gallons.
Based on my experience with power plants oily water separator is required in Heavy Fuel oil power plants. Looking forward for your comments.
Based on my experience with power plants oily water separator is required in Heavy Fuel oil power plants. Looking forward for your comments.





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The only case I foresee for oily water is probably when it rains and maybe with little drops from any leakage, if any. I consider this to be minor. There is no process water from the power plant operation.
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Just to clarify, my experience above is in the power plant industry. We had many units that were natural gas only and many units that were dual fuel (diesel or natural gas). All of them ended up with oil water separators as part of the waste water system.
Are your units recips or CTs and what ancillary systems are included in the plant design (evap cooling, water wash, etc.)? That will make a difference in water usage. If they are recips with no water consumption, why not permit the site as zero liquid discharge?
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Ganga D. Deka, P. Eng
Canada