Oil Water Separator (OWS)

Overview

This lesson will provide students with

constructional details of oily separator and
how oily water is treated before disposing
overboard.
Learning Objectives
 Understand need of oily water separator
 Know the operating principle
 Know the construction feature
 Understand how it works
 Know function of ODM
 Understand how ODM works
Need of OWS
 Prevent pollution at sea as it affects ecological
cycle of the environment
 Comply with MARPOL regulation
 Failure to comply can lead to heavy fine & jail
Operating Principle
 Oil is lighter than water and it
floats
 To facilitate floating process,
tiny oil droplets are made to
join together to form big
droplets
 Bigger the oil droplet, the
bigger the floatation up-thrust
and quicker the oil separation
 Baffle plates are used to assist
in this separation
Operation of OWS
Oil Discharge Monitor
 Fitted on the discharge side
of OWS
 Sample is drawn from
discharge pipe
 Compared against a set
parameter i.e. 15 ppm
 If exceeds, solenoid v/v
stops any discharge O/B
and reverts oily water back
to separating oil tank
Direct light type ODM
Incinerator
Assignment
1) Describe with a labelled sketch the operation of Oily
water separator.
2) With suitable sketch explain the function of following
components:
(a) Baffle plates
(b) Probe
(c) Coalescers
(d) ODM
3) Describe with a labelled sketch the operation of
Incinerator.