Air & Gas Compressor Condensate Oil Water Separator (CCS)

Compressor Condensate Oil Water Separator
This oil water separator is specifically designed to handle air compressor condensate. This separator has NO moving parts and is nearly maintenance free. It’s designed to give turbulent free plug flow for maximum oil water separation. A large turbulence free separation chamber provides sufficient residence time for coalescing gravity separation, and the effluent header design and placement insures maximum residence time for separation.

Rugged construction, proper selection and a proven design will assure you of a clean discharge, eliminating the concerns of environmental compliance.

    Inside of your air compressors, there is a built-in oil-water separator (OWS) that separates the water from the oil that stays inside the compressor that is used to lube the rotary screw and other internal parts. In addition to this built-in OWS, you will also need to use an external oil-water separator (CCS-OWS), designed to keep you from sending oil into the environment via the actual condensate liquid that leaves the compressor.
    There’s a LOT of oil out there……Let’s keep it in the right places!
    During the compression process, outside contaminants such as water vapor, dirt, junk and dust are mixed in with the hot oil. Once the air has cooled down at the end of the compression process, the contaminated condensate is generated.
    If this moisture collects anywhere in the distribution system (mainly air receivers, filter bowls or moisture separators), the condensate will get into the compressed air system and cause damage to the pneumatic equipment/system and possibly ruin or cause quality problems with the final product.

    Typically a good portion of this condensate winds up going to the lowest spot in the plant’s air delivery system…..such as the scale pits in steel mill operations.
    Because of this unavoidable, inconvenient and VERY expensive by-product of using compressed air, an oil-water separator is necessary and beneficial to any compressed air operation.

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      Environmental concerns have produced tough new standards to follow and stiff penalties for those who don’t comply. Most states now consider air compressor condensate as a hazardous waste. In other areas it is at least considered to be a special oily waste, with discharge limits to POTWs or municipal treatment plants. Some plants have it hauled off.
      CCS 7.5
      CCS 15
      CCS 30
      CCS 80
      CCS 160
      CCS 200
      CCS 300
      CCS 400
      Tank Capacity (gallons)
      7.5
      15
      30
      80
      160
      200
      300
      400
      Dimensions
      (H x L x W)
      22-1/4 x 18-3/4 x 11 inches
      30-1/4 x 23-1/2 x 11-3/4 inches
      34-1/4 x 27-1/2 x 13-3/4 inches
      48-1/4 x 31-1/2 x 15-3/4 inches
      52-1/4 x 42-1/2 x 20-3/4 inches
      54 x 48 x 24 inches
      60 x 57 x 28 inches
      72 x 57 x 29 inches
      Condensate Inlet Connection
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      1/2 inch
      Oil Drain
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      Water Drain
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      3/4 inch
      1 inch
      1 inch
      1 inch
      1 inch
      1-1/2 inch
      Weight
      25 lbs
      33 lbs
      56 lbs
      130 lbs
      170 lbs
      185 lbs
      215 lbs
      280 lbs

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      The 3 Stages of separation

      First

      Two large turbulence-free separation chambers provide adequate dwell or residence time for gravity differential to effect the separation process. When water enters the first chamber the fluid is forced to go thru the coalescer pack where the small oil particles are coalesced and separated from the clean water. Clean water from the bottom chamber is gravity fed to the second chamber where the action is duplicated for better separation.

      Then

      A second stage of gravity separation plus coalescing media (polypropylene balls or tubes) provides greater turbulence-free residence time for further separation.

      Finally

      A large volume External activated carbon polishing filter (GAC) provides clean and sheen-free water for discharge. Almost all sewer districts accept water from a carbon filter.

      Wait…..I have some condensate with oils that don’t separate out. What now?
      Some lubricants such as the polyglycols and phosphate esters have a specific gravity (SG) equal to or even greater than water. Because of the higher specific gravity, special equipment is required to separate these oils from the water. CALL US! We have it!
      Also, keep in mind, lubricants which are miscible with water (polyglycols) or contain additives (ATF’s) such as detergents which cause the lubricant (oil) to form stable emulsions with water, and cannot be separated using any ordinary type gravity separation devices.
      See the purpose built ConEVAP….designed to evaporate your condensate away with:
      NO EMISSIONS NO MOVING PARTS NO KIDDING NO MORE WATER

      Water is water at 211 degrees F and at 212 F it’s turning to vapor. Evaporate it away.
      See the simple BUBBA PROOF ConEVAP compressor condensate evaporator with only one moving part.

      With some compressor oils …gravity and coalescing separation is impractical even impossible. Some compressor oils are designed to go into solution and be impossible to separate. It that case, the condensate has to be hauled off or even evaporated away to atmosphere. Usually compressor oils will boil off at 600 + degrees F, which would allow you to evaporate the water off and leave the compressor oil behind.