Hydrocarbon separator

Runoff water, as it travels over impermeable surfaces, becomes loaded with pollutants such as hydrocarbons and suspended solids. A hydrocarbon separator fitted with a sludge separator enables sites such as car washes, petrol stations and parking lots to treat and decontaminate their water. These sites are obliged to install a CE-compliant hydrocarbon separator.

Water loaded with hydrocarbons and suspended solids arrives in the silt storage compartment, where the heavy suspended solids settle and form sludge, which must be cleaned regularly. Next, the water flows through a coalescing filter system that allows the hydrocarbon molecules to agglomerate and separate from the water (by density difference). The hydrocarbons thus form a layer on the surface of the separator compartment. This layer of hydrocarbons must be emptied more or less regularly, depending on the activity of the site to be treated.