Hydro Quip Technology

Our oil water separator technology is unique:

The most common approach to the design of oil / water separators is to configure parallel corrugated plates that cause the oil droplets to increase in size, thereby speeding the gravity separation process. Hydro Quip uses a unique Unipack cross-fluted design with an internal structure of interconnecting channels having many crossing points between adjacent plates. This produces enhanced efficiencies in significantly smaller units. Hydro Quip's Unipack construction requires a unit with only 5,000 gallon capacity to produce the same yield of a traditional separator unit with 15,000 gallon capacity at a flow rate of 500 gallons per minute.

Coalescing of the oil droplets takes place in three steps:

  1. Droplets are intercepted by the corrugated plates as the oil / water mixture flows through the separator.

  2. New droplets coalesce with retained droplets, making larger droplets.

  3. Enlarged droplets are released and rise to the surface to be decanted into a storage tank. Since Stokes' Law calculations are based on a flow of zero velocity through the Unipack plates, a Reynold's number of less than 500 will ensure optimum separation in a Hydro Quip Oil / Water Separator.

Hydro Quip's staff of experienced profession engineers are dedicated to:

  • providing customers with innovative and effective solutions to the problems of contaminant elimination in waste water
  • maintaining optimal adherence to establish conformance standards and industry best practices.

Hydro Quip's oil / water separators feature:

  • Low maintenance costs
  • Easy cleaning through removable vapor tight covers
  • No moving parts
  • No power consumption
  • No consumable wearing elements
  • No chemicals, absorbent or filter cartridges to remove, replace or dispose
  • Compact size
  • Solids storage capability
  • Optional integral oil storage

Waste water treatment applications:

  • Refineries
  • Utilities
  • Oil Terminals
  • Airports
  • Parking Lots
  • Tank Farms
  • Stormwater Runoff
  • Vehicle Maintenance Facilities
  • Bilge Water
  • Refueling Stations