This project was designed to find a new chemical combination, of a coagulant and polymer, to split an oily waste emulsion for the Wyman-Gordon Company's wastewater treatment. Various chemicals from different vendors were tested on a 3% oil solution, a hypothetical composite sample and actual samples from the waste collection system. Recommendations were made to Wyman-Gordon as to which chemical produced the best results of an oil/water separation and if the new chemicals would be cost effective.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Chiasson, Michael Leo John
• Kellner, Jeffrey Charles
• Talbot, Krystal Allison

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D172M

Advisor

• O'Shaughnessy, James C.

Year

• 1999

Sponsor

• Wyman-Gordon Company, Grafton, MA

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright