US1618151A - Apparatus for separating liquids of different specific gravity - Google Patents

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US1618151A
US1618151A US69582124A US1618151A US 1618151 A US1618151 A US 1618151A US 69582124 A US69582124 A US 69582124A US 1618151 A US1618151 A US 1618151A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/0208—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D17/0211—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation with baffles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
    • B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
    • B01D17/0208—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D17/0214—Separation of non-miscible liquids by sedimentation with removal of one of the phases
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • THOMAS FISHER OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
  • the object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for separating liquids of different specific gravity.
  • the apparatus is particularly adapted for separating water from oil or other liquids lighter than water.
  • the invention is particularly designed to separate water from oil either in the ballast tanks or bilges on oil burning ships from the fuel oil that remains after the oil compartments have been emptied.
  • vessels of this type after the compartments are emptied of oil, they must be filled with water as ballast.
  • these compartments are located in the hull of the vessel between the outer and inner plates.
  • the oil is separated from the water so that the water discharged can be pumpedoverboard at a dock and the oil can be saved.
  • the-apparatus is particularly designed to separate -oil from water, it will be understood that it can be used for separating other liquids of different specific gravity, wlthout departing from the the essential features of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved apparatus
  • Fig. 2 is a view showing the outer casing in section and the spiral deflector and the inner casing in elevation;
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line 33, Fig. 1.
  • 1 is an outer casing of any height and diameter desired.
  • the casing is made, preferably about fifteen feet high and three feet in diameter.
  • An inner cas ing 2 is spaced from the outer casing to form a channel 3, in which is a continuous helical deflector 4 that terminates, at its upper end,
  • This section extends past the inlet opening 5 for the water and oil.
  • An air vent 16 leads from this pipe, as shown in Fig.1, to carry ofi any entrapped air, preventing ebullitions in the separator.
  • In the lower end of the inner casing 2 are passages 6 to allow the water to pass from the outer channel 3 to the inner compartment 7.
  • An outlet pipe 8 for water extends through the bottom 1 of the outer casing and into the inner compartment 7 to the distance shown in Fig. 1.
  • a sleeve 9 At the upper end of the outlet pipe 8 is a sleeve 9, which can be raised, or lowered, by any suitable means to vary the height of water in the inner compartment 7.
  • a screw 10 is mounted in a spider 11 at the top of the apparatus and is con nected to the sleeve, as shown.
  • An outlet pipe 12 for oil communicates with the upper end of the channel 3.
  • a steam coil 13 Located in the channel below the oil outlet pipe and in the oilzone of the apparatus is a steam coil 13, having an inlet pipe 14 and an outlet'pipe 15.
  • the tube, forming the coil is preferably of large diameter and displaces the oil and raises its level. The steam heats the oil so that it will fiow freely from the apparatus.”
  • the coil is made preferably as shown in Fig. 2.
  • the Vertical inlet and outlet pipes are spaced apart, as shown, and the two loops are spaced apart, forming free channels for the oil.
  • a small water pipe 17 is provided, which communicates with the bottom of the apparatus, as shown in Fig. 1.
  • This pipe is connected to any suitable water supply under pressure, so that a continuous flow. of water is maintained at all times to insure a full water level in the apparatus.
  • the water passing through the pipe 17 does not affect the free flow of water and oil into the apparatus, but prevents oil escaping from the apparatus through the water discharge, should oil alone be admitted through the inlet port.
  • water carrying a certain amount of oil passes into the channel 3. through the inlet pipe 5, the water circulating downwards in a spiral path.
  • the sleeve 9 acts as an adjustable weir.

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FR592129D FR592129A (fr) 1924-02-28 1925-01-26 Appareil pour séparer l'eau de l'huile et autres liquides plus légers que l'eau
DEF57985D DE484455C (de) 1924-02-28 1925-02-07 Vorrichtung zum Trennen von Fluessigkeitsgemischen, wie Wasser und OEl o. dgl.
GB426825A GB230042A (en) 1924-02-28 1925-02-16 Improvements in apparatus for separating water from oils and other liquids lighter than water

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2449738A (en) * 1944-04-14 1948-09-21 Parkersburg Rig & Reel Co Oil emulsion treater
US2619984A (en) * 1948-05-21 1952-12-02 Emsco Derrick & Equip Co Fluid level control
US2625175A (en) * 1949-05-31 1953-01-13 Maloney Crawford Tank & Mfg Co Siphon box
US2744630A (en) * 1953-08-10 1956-05-08 Arthur D Hughes Apparatus for separating immiscible liquids
US2891574A (en) * 1956-06-18 1959-06-23 Deady Chemical Company Bleed-off structure for cooling towers
US20060000607A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-05 Surjaatmadja Jim B Wellbore completion design to naturally separate water and solids from oil and gas
US20060000608A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-05 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Separating constituents of a fluid mixture

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2449738A (en) * 1944-04-14 1948-09-21 Parkersburg Rig & Reel Co Oil emulsion treater
US2619984A (en) * 1948-05-21 1952-12-02 Emsco Derrick & Equip Co Fluid level control
US2625175A (en) * 1949-05-31 1953-01-13 Maloney Crawford Tank & Mfg Co Siphon box
US2744630A (en) * 1953-08-10 1956-05-08 Arthur D Hughes Apparatus for separating immiscible liquids
US2891574A (en) * 1956-06-18 1959-06-23 Deady Chemical Company Bleed-off structure for cooling towers
US20060000607A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-05 Surjaatmadja Jim B Wellbore completion design to naturally separate water and solids from oil and gas
US20060000608A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2006-01-05 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Separating constituents of a fluid mixture
US7370701B2 (en) 2004-06-30 2008-05-13 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Wellbore completion design to naturally separate water and solids from oil and gas
US7429332B2 (en) 2004-06-30 2008-09-30 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Separating constituents of a fluid mixture

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