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EXAMPLE SIZING OWS Calculation Per API 421 PDF

The document provides calculations to size an oil water separator based on input parameters such as flow rate, water temperature, oil droplet size, and amount of installed media. It calculates the density and viscosity of water, rise rate of oil droplets, required horizontal surface area of the separator, media coalescing area, minimum media volume needed, and cross sectional velocity to ensure proper sizing and performance of removing oil from water based on Stokes' Law and industry standards.

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EXAMPLE SIZING OWS Calculation Per API 421 PDF

The document provides calculations to size an oil water separator based on input parameters such as flow rate, water temperature, oil droplet size, and amount of installed media. It calculates the density and viscosity of water, rise rate of oil droplets, required horizontal surface area of the separator, media coalescing area, minimum media volume needed, and cross sectional velocity to ensure proper sizing and performance of removing oil from water based on Stokes' Law and industry standards.

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Oil Water Separator Sizing Calculation

Date:
Customer:
Reference:
Proposal:
Notes:

INPUTS Water / Wastewater Division


200 Flow rate (gpm) Formula:
2 6
65 Water temperature (F) 65d typical Qm / (AH 7.48) = ( * 1.072 x 10 ) (Sw - S) /
0.9 Specific Gravity of the Oil (S.G = g/cm3) 3
Qm = design flow, in M /Hr
Oil droplet size to be removed (in microns)
60 30 microns typical AH = horizontal separator area, in M
2

Coalescing media plate spacing


0.75 (0.5", 0.75", or 1.2") = oil droplet diameter in microns
2 Correction Factor (0.1 - 2.0) Sw = specific gravity of the wastewater
3
45 Amount of Media Installed in OWS (ft ) S = specific gravity of the wastewaters oil phase
= wastewaters absolute (dynamic viscosity, in poise)
RESULTS
0.9984 Density of the Water (S.G.= g/cm3)
0.0105 Viscosity (in Poise)
Rise Rate of Oil Droplet (gpm/ft2) -
0.2711 calculated
Horizontal Surface Area area (ft2) of the Note: This calculation is based on the methods proposed in API
Publication 421 February 1990 using Stokes Law. The calculation
1475.20 separator needed to achieve desired oil
first solves for total Horizontal Surface Area, which is then
removal performance translated to Media Coalescing Area to determine how many cubic
42 Media Coalescing Area (ft2/ft3.) feet of media are needed. Cross section velocity is also determined
Cubic feet (ft3) of media volume - to ensure the maximum velocity of 3 fpm is not exceeded.
35.12 calculated MINIMUM
Cross Sectional Velocity (ft/min). MUST
2.97 be < 3fpm

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