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Oil Retention and Removal Facilities at Ford Motor Company's Rouge Manufacturing Complex STUART H. VAUGHN, Engineer Associate Plant Engineering Office Manufacturing Staff Ford Motor Company Detroit, Michigan INTRODUCTION This paper outlines the development of the oil retention and removal equipment at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge Manufacturing Complex. To better understand the development of oil removal equipment, it is first necessary to examine the situation at the Rouge, early oil recovery equipment and the environmental conditions that exist. This background also will better indicate the adaptability of this system to other locations and situations. OIL LOSSES AT THE ROUGE There has been continuing emphasis to improve the efficiency of the oil collection facilities at the Rouge over the years. It should be emphasized from the outset that Ford Motor Company has had a stated policy and pursues a vigorous program of stopping oil spillages and losses at the source. Despite these etforts, some oil continues to enter into the storm sewer system and ultimately appears in the open water which serves as our navigation basin. This situation is somewhat more understandable when it is realized the Rouge is the most concentrated industrial complex in the world, employing 36,000 persons within a two square mile area. Raw materials are delivered to the Rouge to manufacture steel, iron, glass, coke and electricity. Further, the Rouge has engine, stamping, and assembly plants as well as complete supporting facilities. A major portion of the area was constructed between 1920 ana 1935, a period of construction that did not include process piping, pits, sumps, curbs, gutters, and similar devices to contain and concentrate spillages. EARLY OIL RECOVERY EQUIPMENT Over the years, with increased company and public concern over the oil losses to the river, several oil retarding and recovery systems have been installed. The most elaborate system, preceding the one discussed in this paper, was a floating gravity skimmer which was placed in the extreme northwest corner of our navigation boat slip. This body of water is a remnant of an older drainage course and still receives the major storm drainage from the Rouge. The oil skimmer was a large drum-supported steel trough which was fastened to the vertical sides of the boat slip. Oil draining out of the sewers and entering the navigation basin was blocked by a skirt baffle and drawn into the trough through a series of shallow weirs. The skimmed oil and water mixture was then pumped to a large reservoir as a first stage in the oil concentration process. From the reservoir the thickened oil was pumped to steam heated oil holding tanks where the remaining oil was separated. - 639 -
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Purdue Identification Number | ETRIWC196653 |
Title | Oil retention and removal facilities at ford motor company's rouge manufacturing complex |
Author | Vaughn, Stuart H. |
Date of Original | 1966 |
Conference Title | Proceedings of the 21st Industrial Waste Conference |
Conference Front Matter (copy and paste) | http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/u?/engext,12965 |
Extent of Original | p. 639-649 |
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Engineering extension series no. 121 Engineering bulletin v. 50, no. 2 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Title | page 639 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | Oil Retention and Removal Facilities at Ford Motor Company's Rouge Manufacturing Complex STUART H. VAUGHN, Engineer Associate Plant Engineering Office Manufacturing Staff Ford Motor Company Detroit, Michigan INTRODUCTION This paper outlines the development of the oil retention and removal equipment at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge Manufacturing Complex. To better understand the development of oil removal equipment, it is first necessary to examine the situation at the Rouge, early oil recovery equipment and the environmental conditions that exist. This background also will better indicate the adaptability of this system to other locations and situations. OIL LOSSES AT THE ROUGE There has been continuing emphasis to improve the efficiency of the oil collection facilities at the Rouge over the years. It should be emphasized from the outset that Ford Motor Company has had a stated policy and pursues a vigorous program of stopping oil spillages and losses at the source. Despite these etforts, some oil continues to enter into the storm sewer system and ultimately appears in the open water which serves as our navigation basin. This situation is somewhat more understandable when it is realized the Rouge is the most concentrated industrial complex in the world, employing 36,000 persons within a two square mile area. Raw materials are delivered to the Rouge to manufacture steel, iron, glass, coke and electricity. Further, the Rouge has engine, stamping, and assembly plants as well as complete supporting facilities. A major portion of the area was constructed between 1920 ana 1935, a period of construction that did not include process piping, pits, sumps, curbs, gutters, and similar devices to contain and concentrate spillages. EARLY OIL RECOVERY EQUIPMENT Over the years, with increased company and public concern over the oil losses to the river, several oil retarding and recovery systems have been installed. The most elaborate system, preceding the one discussed in this paper, was a floating gravity skimmer which was placed in the extreme northwest corner of our navigation boat slip. This body of water is a remnant of an older drainage course and still receives the major storm drainage from the Rouge. The oil skimmer was a large drum-supported steel trough which was fastened to the vertical sides of the boat slip. Oil draining out of the sewers and entering the navigation basin was blocked by a skirt baffle and drawn into the trough through a series of shallow weirs. The skimmed oil and water mixture was then pumped to a large reservoir as a first stage in the oil concentration process. From the reservoir the thickened oil was pumped to steam heated oil holding tanks where the remaining oil was separated. - 639 - |
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