Reclaim/Recycle Unit

Danny Bates

Danny Bates

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Any one got any suggestions on a reclaim/recycle unit? Either a new factory unit or plans and parts list to put one together? I have Delco here with their Recycle-16 that sells of $3900 without a tank and a Hydro Tek dealer with theirs that sells for $3000 with a small tank. So what route would you guys take??
 
Which hydro tek?
 
Before you go and buy something, do research, a lot of research and read old threads from the boards. Chances are you don't need an over-priced unit for what you are doing.

What kind of work do you do?

How long have you been in business?

What do you specialize in?

What are you planning on using the recovery system for?



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Christopher said:
Before you go and buy something, do research, a lot of research and read old threads from the boards. Chances are you don't need an over-priced unit for what you are doing.

What kind of work do you do? All commercial, been doing almost 100% restaurant work, Have a chance to pick up a bunch of gas stations

How long have you been in business? 4 years

What do you specialize in? Flat work

What are you planning on using the recovery system for? Gas stations and possibly some bank drive thru's.

I have researched a lot on this and have no doubt I can build one, just wondering if there was one out there that would be worth buying vs building one.
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I already have a wet vac that pulls 105 inches of lift. If I can find a drum with a pump out system in it for a good enough price I would buy it. I have a 200 gallon tank to use as the holding tank. All I would need is the filters and a pump to push the water thru the filters and into my main tank for reuse.
 
Check your laws in Texas for waste water hauling.

In some states you need permit/license for more than 55 gallon of waste/industrial/"dirty" water. And yes unless it is potable thats what it will be classified.
 
It also depends on the treatment facility. Some will actually let you dispose down a sanitary sewer as long as it is filtered to at least 200 micron and does not contain any hazerdous materials. Each county is different. You have to check with your governing city or county to make sure it is okay.

Believe me if you get into hauling (depending on what you are cleaning) it can be very costly. Some treatment facilities require that you have your reclaim water tested before you can dispose of it. If it tests hazerdous then you have to have insurance and special licensing for hauling that material or you can call a pump service to come and haul it away. You also have to keep a record of your manifests to prove that you disposed of the water properly.
 
It only has to be filtered thru a 400 micron filter and it has to be tested only one time per year. There is no limit to the gallons as long as it is run thru a recycle unit. I can recycle the water for 16 hours then it has to be dumped down a sewer, thats with it going thru a 5 micron filter.
 
I agree with Gene, I just got my Sirrocco system. Before I bought the system I was thinking that I could build the system myself. But I was not sure of all of the internal parts. I did not want to spend a lot of money just on experimenting and hoping that it would work, so I just bit the bullet and bought the system. I bought the PEV-2 vac, with the OWS-125 66 gallon oil/water seperator. Once I had it in my garage, I took it apart, and found out that my earlier suspicions were correct. It is a very elementary system and you could build the same thing for roughly a 1/3 to half of the retail price.
 
Not a problem, I can some pics when I get back into town. My wife and I are heading to Vegas for the race, and when we get back I can post some pictures. The actual oil seperator I think you can buy them from Sunbrite. But the polishing filters are 100 sq/ft. pleated filters. I bought an oil sock to help aid the process. I think those were like $5 or so.
 
Anybody have any experience with larger amounts of oil separation? I've got a job that has the better part of a barrel of used oil spilled in a oil change pit. It wasn't spilled all at once but it's everywhere from years of poor cleaning habits. I'll likely use 500 gallons of water and soaps to get this job done. My only real option is an environmental truck hauling it away at this point. How much oil will these portable machines take as far as oil capacity?
 
One of the problems you will run into is with the soaps, the oil will become emulsified so it might not separate easily, you will probably have tons of foam/suds to deal with and the emulsified oil probably will not start clumping together with the coalescing plates in the oil/water separator so the oil will probably carry over with the water.

If you cleaned with only the hot water the oil water separator might work better as the oil will not be as emulsified, then go and clean with hot water and soap for the residue, maybe work different parts of the concrete as you go.

If it was standing oil, I would use absorbents to try to get as much up as possible before cleaning.
 
AquaMike said:
Anybody have any experience with larger amounts of oil separation? I've got a job that has the better part of a barrel of used oil spilled in a oil change pit. It wasn't spilled all at once but it's everywhere from years of poor cleaning habits. I'll likely use 500 gallons of water and soaps to get this job done. My only real option is an environmental truck hauling it away at this point. How much oil will these portable machines take as far as oil capacity?
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Perfect project for Flocc
 
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