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DAF Systems & Oil-Water Separators

Oil, grease and fine suspended solids stop biology dead. We supply DAF units, plate separators and skimmers that take them out first — sized from your oil and TSS load, with the chemistry to break emulsions when free oil is not the whole story.

When you need flotation or separation

Free oil floats and can be skimmed; emulsified oil and fine, light solids do not settle and must be floated with coagulant and micro-bubbles. Food, dairy, edible-oil, meat, refinery, automotive (coolant, paint-shop), metal-working and chemical plants all produce these streams. Discharge norms (oil & grease ≤ 10 mg/L) and the health of the downstream biological plant both demand removal at the front end.

Equipment

Dissolved air flotation (DAF)
Pressurised recycle saturation releasing 30–70 µm bubbles; with coagulant/polymer removes 80–95 % of FOG and TSS and 30–60 % of COD. 5–500 m³/h, MSEP or SS.
TPI / CPI plate separators
Gravity separation of free oil ≥ 60 µm on inclined plate packs; no chemicals, low maintenance — refinery, workshop and stormwater streams.
API separators
Large rectangular gravity separators for refinery and petrochemical effluent per API 421.
Oil skimmers
Belt, disc, tube and floating skimmers for tanks, sumps and pits.
Emulsion breaking
Acid cracking, coagulant and demulsifier dosing systems for coolant and metal-working emulsions.

Where we apply it

Food, dairy, beverage, edible oil
DAF ahead of anaerobic/aerobic treatment.
Refineries, terminals, workshops
API/TPI separators, skimmers, stormwater oil removal.
Automotive and metal
Coolant emulsion cracking, paint-shop pre-treatment.
Chemical and pharma
Fine solids and floating organics before biology.

Frequently asked questions

DAF or plate separator?

Free oil and coarse droplets — plate separator, no chemicals. Emulsified oil, FOG and fine solids — DAF with coagulant. Many plants need a plate separator first and DAF second.

How much COD does a DAF remove?

30–60 % on food and dairy effluents where COD is largely FOG and solids; less on dissolved streams. It is a pre-treatment, not a complete ETP.

What happens to the float?

DAF float (5–10 % solids) goes to sludge holding and dewatering; oily float from separators to a slop tank for recovery or authorised disposal.

Oil or grease killing your ETP?

Send flow, oil & grease, TSS and COD — we reply with the right separator/DAF size and expected removal.