Oily sewage pretreatment method and device without air floatation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12017939-B2
Application number	US-201917293730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	Nov 13, 2018
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

An oily sewage pretreatment method without air flotation, comprising the following steps: (a) sedimentation separation: performing sedimentation separation on oily sewage to implement preliminary separation of oil, sludge, and water; (b) boiling bed separation: performing boiling bed separation on the oily sewage obtained by the preliminary separation to further remove dispersed oil, sludge, and sand from the oily sewage; (c) shape coalescence separation: performing shape coalescence separation on the oily sewage obtained by the boiling bed separation in step (b) to implement demulsification, coalescence, and separation of emulsified oil; and (d) biochemical treatment: the effluent obtained in step (c) directly enters an AOH biochemical system, an air flotation unit is omitted. Also disclosed is an oily sewage pretreatment apparatus without air flotation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for pretreatment of oily sewage without air flotation, comprising the following steps:
(a) sedimentation separation: subjecting oily sewage to sedimentation separation to achieve primary separation of oil, sludge, and water;
(b) hydrocyclone-intensified filtration: subjecting the oily sewage obtained by the primary separation in Step (a) to hydrocyclone-intensified filtration to further remove oil, sludge and sand from the oily sewage;
(c) shape coalescence separation: subjecting the oily sewage obtained by hydrocyclone-intensified filtration in Step (b) to shape coalescence separation to achieve the demulsification, coalescence and separation of emulsified oil from an effluent; and
(d) biochemical treatment: delivering the effluent obtained in Step (c) directly to a biochemical system, wherein an air flotation unit is exempted.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: (e) further treating the effluent obtained by the biochemical treatment in Step (d) to obtain purified water; and (f) backwash: backwashing the hydrocyclone-intensified filter at a frequency of not more than one time per week.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when suspended matter in the oily sewage has a concentration of 5000 mg/L or less, Steps (a) and (b) each further comprise removing the suspended matter in the oily sewage, so that the concentration of the suspended matter in the effluent is reduced to 50 mg/L or less.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when petroleum matter in the oily sewage has a concentration of 20000 mg/L or less, Steps (b) and (c) each further comprise a step of deoiling, so that the concentration of the petroleum matter is reduced to 20 mg/L or less; wherein a retention time of the oily sewage in Steps (b) and (c) does not exceed 30 minutes in total.

5. An oily sewage pretreatment apparatus that exempts air flotation, wherein the apparatus comprises:
a conditioning tank ( 1 ) for sedimentation separation of oily sewage to achieve primary separation of oil, sludge, and water;
a hydrocyclone-intensified filter ( 2 ) connected to the conditioning tank ( 1 ) for the further removal of oil, sludge and sand from the oily sewage;
a shape coalescer ( 3 ) connected to the hydrocyclone-intensified filter ( 2 ) to achieve demulsification, coalescence and separation of emulsified oil from an effluent; and
an anoxic/aerobic/hydrocylclone (AOH) biochemical pool ( 4 ) connected to the shape coalescer ( 3 ) for removing organic matter in the effluent from the shape coalescer, wherein an air flotation unit is exempted.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a treatment device ( 5 ) connected to the AOH biochemical pool ( 4 ) for further treatment of the effluent from the biochemical pool to obtain purified water.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a filter material having a particle size of 0.5-2 mm is used for a bed packing of the hydrocyclone-intensified filter ( 2 ); and one or more hydrocyclone separators ( 6 ) are provided on top of the hydrocyclone-intensified filter ( 2 ).

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the shape coalescer ( 3 ) comprises a modular internal part comprising hydrophilic-oleophobic fibers and oleophilic-hydrophobic fibers weaved in an X and/or Q pattern.

9. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the shape coalescer ( 3 ) comprises an oil pocket ( 7 ) for oil collection.

10. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the hydrocyclone-intensified filtration separator ( 2 ) and the shape coalescer ( 3 ) connected in series has a pressure drop of 0.12 MPa or less, and a footprint that is reduced by 70% as compared with a traditional API oil separation+flotation process.

Assignees

• Shanghai Huachang Env Prot Co Ltd
• Univ Sichuan
• Univ East China Science & Tech

Inventors

• Wang Hualin
• Sun Yuxiao
• Hu Jiandong
• Liu Yi
• Yu Huiqing
• Bai Haiyang
• Yu Bichuan
• Wang Dun
• Jiang Xia
• Bai Zhishan
• Yang Qiang
• Chen Jianqi
• Yuan Wei
• Shen Qisong

Classifications

• C02F2303/16

  Regeneration of sorbents, filters · CPC title

• C02F2103/365

  from petrochemical industry (e.g. refineries) · CPC title

• C02F2101/32

  Hydrocarbons, e.g. oil · CPC title

• C02F2001/007

  Processes including a sedimentation step · CPC title

• C02F3/30

  Aerobic and anaerobic processes · CPC title