OIL CLEANING KIT
August 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEA NEW tank-and-siphon system removing oil from water will soon be launched internationally. Developed at the University of New South Wales, Australia, the Extended Gravity Oil Water Separation (EGOWS), removes oil to below 10 parts per million, requires no power and can be used unattended. EGOWS improves on the 60-year-old, industry-standard, American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity separator, which does not usually reduce oil content below 100 parts per million, so its water cannot be released directly into the environment. The new system gives ...
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