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In Do API and API Type Separators Work?, you'll learn ...
- The operators principle behind API and API Type separators
- The relative merits of the various types of coalescing plate separators
- Comparison of API and API Type separators to coalescing plate separators
- Summary of field operating data indicating the historical performance of API and API Type separators
- How performance improvements can be achieved by retrofitting API and API Type separators with coalescing media
Overview
Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 16 pages
The quantity of oil allowed in the effluent water from refineries, industrial plants, airports, and other facilities is governed by the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act requires that there be no sheen on the outlet water.
Numerous systems are available for removing this oil from water, among the most common are API separators, API type separators, and coalescing plate separators.
In this course, the student will learn about these various oil-water separators and the effectiveness of each in meeting effluent discharge requirements.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between an API separator and an API Type separator.
- Explain how API and API Type separators operate.
- Describe how Stokes' Law applies to the design of oil-water separators.
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of API and API Type separators.
- Identify the API 421 design assumptions and criteria.
- Interpret empirical data on the performance of API and API Type separators.
- Identify the types of coalescing plate separators.
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of coalescing plate separators.
- Compare the performance of API and API Type separators with that of coalescing plate separators.
- Analyze a real-life case study of an API separator retrofitted with coalescing media.
- Identify the regulatory requirements for oil-water separator effluent quality.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 16 pages
