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Cutting Costs: Comparing Oil Skimmers and Vacuum Truck Services

Posted by Kelly Gregart on Mar 30, 2022 00:51:00 AM

In just about every industrial process around the world, water is an important component of operations. Oil also plays an important role in many of these processes. There’s a good chance that at some point, water and oil are going tocome in contact with one another. When they do, removing waste fat, oil or grease (FOG) from wastewater using an efficient and economical method becomes imperative for environmental and cost considerations.

While there are multiple methods for removing oil from the...

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Industrial Oil Skimmers Reference Guide

Posted by Kelly Gregart on Feb 24, 2022 08:51:00 AM

Industrial oil skimming is a proven, efficient, and economical method to remove waste fat, oil, or grease (FOG) from wastewater. Removing waste oil is the first step in the water treatment process before the wastewater can be recycled, discharged, or further treated. The waste oil must first form a distinct layer, or separate from the wastewater, before adding an industrial oil skimmer into the application.  

An industrial oil skimmer is a mechanical device generally operated by a pump or motor...

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The Perfect Pair | Benefits of Adding a Tube Oil Skimmer to an Oil Water Separator

Posted by Kelly Gregart on Jan 05, 2022 08:59:00 AM

Companies throughout the world in a variety of industries – from railroads and steel mills to cosmetics and food manufacturing – have installed oil/water separators to aid with water recycling and wastewater treatment. Proper oil water separation is a key component to operational success for industrial facilities and now more than ever these manufacturers continuously look for efficient and effective solutions to separate oil and water in their everyday processes.

Wastewater often contains water, oils, fats, greases, and by-products from various...

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Get An Up-Close Look at the Tube-Type Oil Skimmer (VIDEO)

Posted by Jim Hebert on Mar 28, 2019 09:52:00 AM

Model 5H Brill Tube Type Oil Skimmer Oil plays a part in just about every industrial process on earth. While oil can play crucial and beneficial role in industrial operations, it can also cause many challenges once it has served its purpose and ends up in the wastewater stream. 

To increase the efficiency of wastewater treatment processes and maintain environmental compliance, organizations must first remove the oil before repurposing it or the water, before discharging water to the municipality, and before...

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4 Factors to Help You Select the Right Oil Skimmer for Power Plants

Posted by Jim Petrucci on Feb 04, 2019 00:00:00 PM

remove oil at power plant Whether your power plant is coal-fired, gas-fired, hydroelectric or nuclear, petroleum-based products like fuel, hydraulic fluid and lubricating greases and oils are critical to operational success.

Supporting numerous lubricant connections, bearings, hydraulic seals and moving equipment parts, such as pumps, conveyors, feeders, scrubbers, cranes, turbines and more—it’s inevitable that these petroleum-based products will find their way into the process, cooling, or cleaning water that flows throughout a plant—posing operational challenges. 

Typically, this oily or greasy water flows to one...

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