Oil recovery system

Details Oil recovery system Oil recovery system

1994-02-03

1995-01-10

Upton, Christopher

Liquid purification or separation

With movable support

Float

2102424, 210223, 210924, L02G 1504

Patent

active

053804317

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for recovering oil spilled upon a body of water. Oil accumulators (10) having numerous open-ended cells (20) entrain spilled oil upon the surfaces (24, 26, 32) of the cells (20) when partially submerged in an area where oil has been spilled upon water. The oil accumulators (10) are rotated so as to lift the oil entrained upon the cell surfaces (24, 26, 32) from the water. An oil remover (12) may have superheated steam nozzles (64) located immediately above the oil accumulator (10). When oil-bearing cells pass beneath the nozzles (64), superheated steam may warm and expel the oil from the cells (20). An oil collector (14) collects the oil removed by the oil remover (12) where gravity flow transports the oil to a storage reservoir.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3576257 (1971-04-01), Yates
patent: 3608727 (1971-09-01), Grutsch
patent: 4165282 (1979-08-01), Bennett et al.
patent: 4978448 (1990-12-01), Terokomos

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