... drag (Figure 2). Hence the design of this re- covery system will affect the quality of the effluent. IA / Figure 2 Loss o f Surface Oil by Viscous Drag Development of the Design of the API Separator Early Designs The API Committee on Disposal of Refinery Wastes was set up in 1929 after it had been...

... Heinrich Sontheimer* Abstract. Various mechanical, chemical and biological processes are available for the treatment of petroleum refinery waste waters. These three different processing methods are normally applied as complex systems. The principles of the processes and the technique of their application...

... of Refinery Wastes, and in other organizations, oil companies have pooled pollution-control knowledge and have financed a number of research projects at uni- versities and institutes. During the past 15 years, crude oil processing capacity in the United States has doubled but the use of water per unit...