With the new coalescing plate separator series "KPS", Fasam introduces a new improved version of the well-known high efficency oil/water separation system.
The oily-water mixture first enters an inlet chambers, where bulk separation takes place due to the effective of gravity. The mixture then passes to the plate where due to velocity variations in the flow stream caused by the modified sinusoidal flow path further separation takes place. These produce a high incidence of particle collision which result in the coalescing of small particles of oil into particles of 15 microns or larger which than separate by gravity and are captured by oleophilic plates.
The oil collected on the plates is than allowed to "weep" through the plate pack to the surface of the stream where it is collected and transferred to the oil tank. The collected oil generally has less than 5% water content.