EPA.600/2-78-069 April 1878 SEPA _Oil/Water Separation: State of the Art Environmental Protection Technology Series > HsRESEARCH REPORTING SERIES Research reports of the Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have been grouped into nine series. These nine broad cate- gories were established to facilitate further development and application of en vironmental technology. Elimination of traditional grouping was consciously Planned to foster technology transfer and a maximum interface in related fields. The nine series are Environmental Health Effects Research Environmental Protection Technology Ecological Research Environmental Monitoring Socioeconomic Environmental Studies Scientific and Technical Assessment Reports (STAR) Interagency Energy-Environment Research and Development “Special” Reports Miscellaneous Reports ee Nonsenae This report has been assigned to me ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH- NOLOGY series. This series describes research performed to develop and dem- onstrate instrumentation, equipment, and methodology to repair or prevent en- vironmental degradation from point and non-point sources of pollution. This work provides the new or improved technology required for the control and treatment of pollution sources to meet environmental quality standards. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Informa tion Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.EPA~600/2-78-069 April 1978 OTL/WATER SEPARATION ‘STATE-OF-THE-ART by Fidelis A. Osamor . Robert C. Ahiert, Ph.D. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 Grant No. R803978 Project Officer Leo T. McCarthy, Jr. Oil & Hazardous Materials Spills Branch Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory-Cincinnati Edison, New Jersey 08817 INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CINCINNATI, OHIO 45268