Kitchen Oil Separator Restaurant Grease Trap for FOG Treatment
A grease trap, sometimes called a grease interceptor, is a piece of restaurant equipment that is required in many regions to keep the sewers functional. It acts as a filter to remove fats and oils from water before it enters the municipal waste system. Since fats and oils can clog a sewer system, the use of a trap ensures that the sewer system runs smoothly. In a commercial kitchen, it treats all of the water coming out of the kitchen.
A grease trap is used to prevent oil, grease, and solid food waste from getting into the wastewater system. Restaurants and commercial kitchens should have grease traps that are in good condition to protect the environment from harmful waste. While grease traps are not common in homes, they are often installed in homes with garbage disposals because food is more likely to get into the drain.
They work on the basic principal that FOG’s float on water and solid particles sink. Baffles within the trap slow the inflow of wastewater from the kitchen sinks. This allows for a settlement period where the separation of oils, water and food particles within the unit. A trap on the outlet prevents FOG’s from flowing directly through the unit with the FOG’s retained within the unit along with food particles allowing clean water to flow through. The retained waste will build up over time and requires regular servicing and removal of waste for environmental disposal.
The grease trap can be used in the following areas:
Revised Building Regulation requires all new builds and refurbishments of hot food premises to have an effective means of grease removal on site. They are required on all sites that prepare hot food for the public or staff. Sites include the following:
- Hotels
- School and Colleges
- Restaurants
- Pubs and Inns
- Cafes
- Take Aways
- Conference Centres
- Bakeries
- Food Manufacturers
- Canteens at factoried and offices
- Golf Course
- Sports Venues
- No chemicals, absorbent, or filter cartridges to remove, replace, or dispose of
- Compact size
- Solids storage
- Optional integral oil storage
- Low maintenance cost
- Easily cleaned through removable vapor tight cover(s)
- No moving parts
- No power consumption
- No consumable wearing elements
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Q. "What connections come at the both ends of your grease trap interceptors?"
A. Both ends come with no-hub fittings. In other words, they come with a plain end. To adapt the ends to steel or plastic pipe you simply use a standard no-hub adapter.
Q. "Why does my grease trap back up and overflow? If I buy a new one from you will it backup and clog less?"
A. Grease traps back up either because they need to be cleaned or because of an outlet blockage. Buying a large unit would mean you'll need to clean it less often as there is more storage capacity of grease. But please understand that all grease traps will clog if you don't clean the grease regularly.
Q. "Yesterday I had our grease trap pumped clean and today the trap overflowed. Why did this happen?"
A. Hopefully you had it pumped before it was stopped up. Pumping the grease trap alone does not prevent stoppages down the line. While pumping grease, grease can get into your main line if the pumping is done wrong. Also, if you had it pumped because you had a stoppage and so assumed it was due to the grease trap, it might be that you had a partial stoppage already in your main line.
Q. "How does a grease trap work?"
A. A grease trap works by slowing down the flow of warm/hot greasy water and allowing it to cool. As the water cools, the grease and oil separate and float to the top of the grease trap. The cooler water (less grease) continues to flow down the pipe to the sewer. The grease is actually trapped by baffles, which cover the inlet and outlet of the tank, preventing grease from flowing out of the trap.
Q. "Does a grease trap prevent blockages and stoppages?"
A. Grease traps do help prevent stoppages after the trap but blockages can (and do) occur as a result of insufficient (not frequent enough) grease trap line maintenance. A grease trap or drain line which is not periodically maintained (you must take the grease out of the trap) will eventually clog.
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