OILY WATER SEPARATOR

TYPES OF OILY WATER SEPARATORS

1stage OWS (old type) 2Stage OWS (Cargo ships) 3stage 1ppm separator (Cruise ships, ferries)

Light weight 5ppm separators (MilitaryVessels) Centrifugal Oily Water Separators

Construction of OWS DO DONT Operation of OWS Requirements
Separator This unit consists of Optim Avoid OWS overboard manual discharge Any discharge into the sea of oil or oily
Unit catch plates inside a al use Emulsions valve is to be kept locked and mixtures from ships of
coarse of : keys are to be kept with the chief400 gross tonnage and above shall be
separating Chemi Avoid engineer. Open the lock and prohibited except when all
compartment and an cals: Chemical overboard valve. Open all the the following conditions are satisfied:
oil collecting chamber emulsions other valves of the system The ship is proceeding en route
The Filter This is a separate unit Do Avoid Open the desired bilge tank valve The oily mixture is processed through an
Unit with its input coming Proper secondar from which the oily water mixture oil filtering
from the Filtrati y is to be discharged from the OWS equipment
discharge of the first on: dispersio The oil content of the effluent without
unit. n dilution does not
This unit consists of Avoid exceed 15 parts per million
three stages – filter suspende The oily mixture does not originate from
stage, coalescer d solids cargo pump-room
stage and collecting Avoid bilges on oil tankers
chamber. The Turbulenc The oily mixture, in case of oil tankers, is
impurities and e not mixed with oil
particles Avoid cargo residues
are separated by the Particulat In Antarctic and other environmentally
filter and they settle e Matter: sensitive areas, any
at the bottom discharge into the sea of oil or oily
for removal. mixtures from any ship shall be
Oil Content This unit functions Heat Switch on the power supply of the prohibited.
Monitor & together in two parts the control panel and OCM unit
Control Unit – monitoring and influen Fill the separator and filter unit
controlling. The ppm t with fresh or sea water to
of oil is continuously Fill up clean up and prime the system till
monitored by Oil OWS the water comes out from
Content Monitor prior vent of second stage
(OCM); if the ppm is use: Start the OWS supply pump which
higher than the Back is a laminar flow pump and
predetermined unit, it Flush one that will supply the oily water
will give an alarm and Clean mixture to OWS
feed data to the Sensor Observe the OCM for ppm value
control unit. s and keep checking sounding
There are normally 3 Clean of bilge tank from where OWS is
solenoid valves Sensor taking suction and also of
commanded by the s: the OWS sludge tank
control unit. These are A skin valve/sample valve is
located in the first provided just before overboard
unit oil collecting valve and after the 3-way valve.
chamber, second unit Keep a check on the sample
oil collecting chamber for any effluent and clarity
and one in Keep a watch on the ship side at
discharge side of the the overboard discharge
oily water separator valve
which is a 3 way After the operation, Switch off
valve. the power and shut and lock
The 3 way valve inlet the overboard valve
is from the OWS Keys to be handed over to the
discharge, where one chief engineer
outlet is to overboard Entry to be made by chief
and second outlet is engineer in the Oil Record Book
 to OWS sludge (ORB) with signature of operating
tank. When OCM officer, chief engineer and
gives alarm, 3 way the master
valve discharges oily
mixture in the sludge
tank.
An oily water
separator clears the
bilge water of oily
content to
bring it inside the
acceptable range to
discharge it
overboard. An
oily water separator is
a machinery of such
importance that it is
handled only by the
2nd or chief engineer.
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The control unit
continuously monitors
the output signal of
OCM and in case of
alarm, it will prevent
oily
water to go overboard
CHECKS
The alarm and function of the three
way valve and other solenoid valves
must be checked every week. OWS
performance test must be carried out
at least once a month.
The outlet pipe of the OWS (distance
pipe between OWS and overboard
discharge valve) should be opened up
once a month to check for traces of
oil.
Cleaning at regular intervals