LO 2.1 2.2 Finished
LO 2.1 2.2 Finished
LO 2.1 2.2 Finished
FUNCTION Function 3
LEARNING LO 2.1 - Examine the different equipment for machinery spaces for environmental protection by
annexes used to combat marine pollution such as: Oil discharge monitoring equipment
OUTCOME(S) NO./ (ODME), Oil water separator and auxiliary equipment, Oil/Water Interface Detector, Shore
DESCRIPTION Reception Facilities, Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan.
LO 2.2 - Determine the purpose and application of the different equipment for environmental
protection.
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1. (LO 2.1) Differentiate the Oily-water separator and Oil/Water interface detector.
An oily water separator (OWS) (marine) is a piece of equipment specific to the shipping
or marine industry. It is used to separate oil and water mixtures into their separate components.
This page refers exclusively to oily water separators aboard marine vessels. They are found on
board ships where they are used to separate oil from oily wastewater such as bilge water
before the waste water is discharged into the environment. An oil water separator (OWS) is a
piece of equipment used to separate oil and water mixtures into their separate components.
There are many different types of oil-water separator. Each has different oil separation
capability and are used in different industries. Oil water separators are designed and selected
after consideration of oil separation performance parameters and life cycle cost considerations.
"Oil" can be taken to mean mineral, vegetable and animal oils, and the many different
hydrocarbons. On the other hand, an oil/water interface detector is a sensor which must be
fitted in oil tanker slop tanks. During pumping of the slop tank, it determines the interface level
at a low position and stops further discharge.An oil/water interface detector is an electrical
instrument for detecting the boundary between oil and water in tanks. However, the equipment
is not limited to oil/water application but can be used wherever an accurate interface control
between two liquids is necessary.
As the name indicates, the function of oily water separator is to separate maximum
amount of oil particles from the water to be discharged overboard from engine room or cargo
hold bilges, oil tanks and oil-contaminated spaces.The main purpose of the oily water
separator is to separate the hydrocarbons from oily water coming from the bilge of a ship and
deliver a cleaner effluent that can be discharged overboard according to IMO MEPC 107(49)
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