Design of Oil Water Separator for the Removal of Hydrocarbon from Stormwater Contaminated with Jet-Fuel

Authors

  • Khailash Dhasan Velautham Department of Engineering and Technology, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan Department of Engineering and Technology, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Samira Albati Kamaruddin Department of Engineering and Technology, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • John Lawrence Meyers SWA Water Malaysia Sdn Bhd., D-2-2, Megan Avenue 1, 189 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.92.1.162176

Keywords:

Oil-Water Separator, Corrugated Plate Interceptor, Jet Fuel, Airport Storm Water, Design, Wastewater

Abstract

The airport, in general, has a huge catchment area and a hardstand area that includes runways, taxiways, as well as parking aprons. Therefore, these areas are expected to produce a huge volume of stormwater. Besides this problem, the jet fuel and suspended solids contaminate the stormwater flow rate; hence, much consideration should be given in designing the treatment system to ensure that there is no back-flow expected during the high stormwater production to avoid any flooding occurrences in the airports. Currently, the stormwater treatment system in the Malaysian airport is minimal, and there is no specific treatment for the stormwater contaminated with jet fuel in Malaysia. In this paper, an oil-water separator named Corrugated Plate Interceptor (CPI) was explored to treat stormwater contaminated with jet fuel in the airport. Treating the airport stormwater contaminated with oil, grease, or jet fuel could significantly reduce the contamination issue and develop an environmentally friendly airport in Malaysia. The CPI has combs of plates arranged in packs, and this creates the surface areas for the removal reaction of jet fuel and suspended solids between the incoming contaminated stormwater and the plates. Accordingly, in this paper, the design and development of CPI were discussed, particularly on the design criteria for the oil-water separator, standardized tank dimensions, oil storage capacity in the tank, sludge storage capacity in the tank, and finalized plate packs.  

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Author Biographies

Khailash Dhasan Velautham, Department of Engineering and Technology, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

khailash@swawater.com.au

Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Department of Engineering and Technology, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

shreeshivadasan.kl@utm.my

Samira Albati Kamaruddin, Department of Engineering and Technology, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

samira.kl@utm.my

John Lawrence Meyers, SWA Water Malaysia Sdn Bhd., D-2-2, Megan Avenue 1, 189 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

johnmeyers@swawater.com.au

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Published

2022-02-06

How to Cite

Khailash Dhasan Velautham, Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan, Samira Albati Kamaruddin, & John Lawrence Meyers. (2022). Design of Oil Water Separator for the Removal of Hydrocarbon from Stormwater Contaminated with Jet-Fuel. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 92(1), 162–176. https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.92.1.162176

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