Induced gas flotation

Induced gas flotation

Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) is a water treatment process that clarifies wastewaters (or other waters) by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids. The removal is achieved by injecting air bubbles into the water or wastewater in a flotation tank or basin. The small bubbles adhere to the suspended matter causing the suspended matter to float to the suface of the water where it may then be removed by a skimming device.

Induced Gas Flotation is very widely used in treating the industrial wastewater effluents from oil refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants, natural gas processing plants and similar industrial facilities. A very similar process known as "dissolved air flotation" is also used for waste water treatment. "Froth flotation" is commonly used in the processing of mineral ores.

IGF Units in the oil industry do not use air as the flotation medium due to the explosion risk. These IGF Units use natural gas to create the bubbles.

Process description

The feed water is to the IGF float tank is often (but not always) dosed with a coagulant (such as ferric chloride or aluminum sulfate) to flocculate the suspended matter.

The bubbles may be generated by an impeller, eductors or a sparger. The bubbles adhere to the suspended matter, causing the suspended mater to float to the surface and form a froth layer which is then removed by a skimmer. The froth-free water exits the float tank as the clarified effluent from the DAF unit.cite book
author=Beychok, Milton R.
title=Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants
edition=1st edition
publisher=John Wiley & Sons
year=1967
id=LCCN 67019834]

Some IGF unit designs utilize parallel plate packing material to provide more separation surface and therefore to enhance the separation efficiency of the unit.

ee also

*Industrial water treatment
*Wastewater
*Industrial wastewater treatment
*Flotation process
*Dissolved air flotation
*API oil-water separator

References

External links

* [http://oilandgas.veoliawater.com/en/expertise/our_offering/Upstream/on_shore/produced_water/secondary_oil_water_separation/ veolia water]
* [http://www.natcogroup.com/Content.asp?t=ProductPage&ProductID=13 NATCO]


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