Marine oil water separators

Marine oil water separators are equipment that are used to remove oil from bilge water before the water is released into the marine environment. The bilge water is usually unclean, dirty and mixed with among other things the oil from probable leakages and mistakenly the water ran into the system. The components of the dirty water include dust, solids, rust, soot and many other dirt inclusions that might come along from the marine environment. The oil is supposed to eliminated and separated before the bilge water is removed since it can result into the undesirable transfer of waste oil to the marine environment. This might have an adverse effect on the aquatic life that depends on the water.

Marine oil water separators are designed specifically for the commercial marine vehicles and fitted it them so that oil contaminants can be removed from the machine as it moves along the water along the places that have been contaminated with oil. The removal of oil should be a bit fast and immediate because of the effects that oil has on the surface of the water. The coverage of oil on the surface means there is a permanent cut off of oxygen from penetrating to the deeper levels within and; therefore, limited oxygen will be available for the plants and animals that are aquatic in nature. This might lead to acute shortage and suffocation.

The technology behind marine oil water separator is the principle of Stokes Law that separates oil and water basing on the differences on specific gravity. According to Stoke’s, the rate of velocity is based on factors as the density of oil. Density of continuous fluid is also another factor. Other factors include the continuous fluid viscosity, size of the relative oil droplets and the temperature of the surrounding environment.