At A Glance:
- Location : Aberdeen, Scotland
- Client: Port of Aberdeen
- Consultant: Arup
- Contractor: W M Donald Ltd
Products Supplied:
- Models supplied: 16no. in total consisting of: 1no. 206C1/SC, 9no. 215C1/SC, 4no. 320C1/SC, 1no. 325C1/SC and 1no. 330C1/SC
- BS EN 858 third party certification by HR Wallingford
- From 3 litres per second to 800 litres per second flow rate
(Nominal Size) within a single unit - From 30 l/s up to 8,000 litres per second peak flow rates
- Large range of tank shell specifications to cater for varying burial depths and ground water levels. 25 Year Tank Shell Warranty supplied with all.
- Manufactured from Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) making it lightweight and often lifting/handling with a suitably sized excavator is suitable.
Aberdeen Harbour (North) is the oldest port in the UK, however it has not kept up with technological advances being limited to ships up to a maximum length of 165m in length. The North Harbour is in a central city location, with limited room for expansion. Therefore a brand new, South Harbour was decided as the best option. The completed South Harbour includes 1,500m of quay with water depths
up to 15m, two 640m long breakwaters to tame the raging North Sea, large heavy lifting areas and areas for vessels
up to 300m in length.
SPEL manufactured 16no. SPEL Stormceptor bypass oil separators to capture the pollution running off the new quaysides of the Aberdeen South Harbour, ensuring that oil pollution is stopped before entering the North Sea.
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Due to the obvious tide at the site, all of the separators were supplied in either Heavy or Extra Heavy tank shell specification to ensure that the tank shells are fit for the water pressure that may be exerted on them by a high tide. The consultant on this project chose to have a larger number of small oil separators situated throughout the site and due to levels etc. this is sometimes the best option. In some circumstances, one or a number of larger separators can dramatically reduce installation costs and speeds and also maintenance costs, as well as simplifying any alarm monitoring requirements.