API Unit
Description

Paramount make chain type API Oil Separator offered by us is the most positive oil as well as sludge removing device. It consists of two parallel chains moved by electric motor through worm reduction gears and chain reduction. The main chains bear wooden flights of treated teak wood, having rectangular cross section which are quite sufficient for effective oil skimming and sludge removal. The wooden flights shall be fixed to the chains on each side in such a way that on moving on the liquid surface, oil shall be skimmed and while moving on the bottom, sludge shall be scrapped.

Since the wooden flights are at water surface, they constitute no barrier or obstruction to flow along the channel. These wooden flights are again supported on fixed horizontal guide. A chain tensioning device is made of machine screws, through which the finer adjustment of chain tension can be very easily achieved, by even an inexperienced operator. These features restrict the slide away of the chains and hence imparts on the mechanism the very good feature of trouble free running. The speed of the mechanism is so selected that it hardly disturbs the flow pattern in the channel and still effectively moves the oil towards oil skimmer.

The sludge removal from separator shall be controlled by flat seated valves which shall be operated from the platform above liquid level.

Deoiler Pipe Arrangement :

There are two deoiler pipe arrangements provided in each channel.

They are :
* Pre deoiler pipe arrangement
* Post deoiler pipe arrangement

This arrangement consists of slotted steel pipe of suitable diameter having rectangular slots. The pipe can very easily be rotated through worm reduction gear, which provides ample mechanical advantages with easy rotation of handwheel situated at the suitable operating height from the platform. The slot position can be adjusted to required level so that the top layer of the oil separated and brought to the slop oil sump, threaded worm shaft of ample diameter, worm shaft, support bracket, worm wheel and slotted steel pipes supporting wall bearings.