FUNCTIONS, USAGE AND BENEFITS

“Ampress” Rhomella Corrugated Inclined Oil Interceptors system consists of many rhomella corrugated inclined coalescer plates stacked diagonally at 45° to the tangent one above the other. Thus forming a set of narrow channels through which the oil-in-water must flow. As the water flows through the rhomella corrugated inclined coalescer plates the oil droplets rise and meet the underside of the coalescing plates where they are captured and eventually as more droplets are captured a film forms which eventually forms larger drops. The large oil droplets than rise to the surface of the separator through channels or holes provided for that purpose. These oil are then removed by skimming devices or remain there as a layer to be removed manually.

The above mentioned flow mechanism is possible due to the natural advantages of the buoyancy of oil droplets in water thus allowing our rhomella corrugated inclined coalescing plates to perform oil-in-water separation.

“Ampress” Rhomella Corrugated Inclined Oil Interceptors offer high efficiency and low operating and maintenance costs because there are no moving parts.

 “Ampress” Rhomella Corrugated Inclined Oil Interceptors are used in applications where water quality discharge requirements are the most stringent. “Ampress” Rhomella Corrugated Inclined Oil Interceptors are widely used in oil related industries especially petrol stations, factories, workshops, automobiles service centres/garages, car wash outlets, boats engine servicing jetties, industrial plants and most cleaning applications where oil and sediment must be efficiently removed to very low (PPM) discharge levels.

The “Ampress” Rhomella Corrugated Inclined Oil Interceptor separator is a gravity separation device designed by using Stokes Law to define the rise velocity of oil droplets based on their density and size. The design of the oil interceptor separator is based on the specific gravity difference between the oil and the wastewater because that difference is much smaller than the specific gravity difference between the suspended solids and water. Based on that design criterion, most of the suspended solids will settle to the bottom of the oil interceptor separator as a sediment layer, the oil will rise to top of the separator, and the wastewater will be the middle layer between the oil on top and the solids on the bottom.

The oil layer is typically skimmed off and subsequently re-processed or disposed of, while the bottom sediment layer, called sludge is removed by a chain and flight scraper ( or similar device), a sludge pump or manually.

The “Ampress” Rhomella Corrugated Inclined Oil Interceptors are fitted to surface water drainage systems to prevent pollutants by oils and to protect the environment. This extraordinary oil interceptor removes oil from water very effectively to ensure enhanced oil pollution control, therefore providing healthier and better working environments.

The Environmental Quality Act 2009, Environmental, Quality (Industrial Effluents)  Regulations 2009, Jabatan Alam Sekitar (Department of Environment) Malaysia prohibit discharge into the ground and/or watercourse of pollution such an hydrocarbons (oil,grease,fuel etc). Oil interceptor separators separate oil from the water, thus retaining it safely until it is removed. Oil Interceptor separators need to be correctly designed, installed and maintained to be fully effective.