Demonstration of Pure-Tek Electronic Flocculation Oil-Water Separator

Abstract

The Pure-Tek Company, Los Angeles, California, has developed a method of separating oil from water, called Electronic Flocculation. According to Pure-Tek, the operational cost would be approximately 25 cents per 1,000 gallons of oily water. A table-top model was demonstrated to Civil Engineering Laboratory (CEL) personnel 16 April 1976 This report describes the demonstration and the test results obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1976
Accession Number
AD1080702

Entities

People

  • Arthur Widawsky

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Civil Engineering
  • Demonstrations
  • Dental Materials
  • Electrodes
  • Engineering
  • Filter Paper
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Fuel Oils
  • Fuels
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Oil Water Separators
  • Separators
  • Test Sets
  • Waveforms

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  • Microelectronics