Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Separating
Patent
1995-12-01
1997-04-29
McCarthy, Neil
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Separating
210774, 210776, 210770, 210922, 588205, 95230, 95237, C02F 102
Patent
active
056245777
ABSTRACT:
Oil and water continuously collected during an oil spill skimming operation s initially heated for flow through a separator wherein water is separated and discharged into the sea to reduce the water content of a heated oil and water solution fed to a combustion chamber under pressure for continuous in-situ burning interrelated by feedback control with the heating step to provide combustion products, including combustion gas that is cooled and cleansed by scrubbing before discharge to atmosphere, and a slurry of cooled non-gaseous combustion products that are evaporatively dried to form a reduced quantity of carbonaceous solid waste.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3663149 (1972-05-01), Heagler
patent: 5057004 (1991-10-01), McAllister
Fischer Eugene C.
Howell Barbara
Ness John R.
Wehrle John P.
Forrest John
McCarthy Neil
Shuster Jacob
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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