Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Work handled in bulk or groups
Patent
1992-04-07
1994-04-12
Breneman, R. Bruce
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Work handled in bulk or groups
134 10, 134 21, 210922, 210923, 153001, B01D 3300
Patent
active
053022106
ABSTRACT:
A rapid deployment system for recovering oil from beachers includes an articulated vehicle for propelling and suspending a vacuum head above a beach or the like. A selected area of the beach is irrigated with sufficient quantities of water to saturate the selected area. Oil deposited on the beach is driven to the surface. A sufficient quantity and velocity of air moves over the surface beneath the vacuum head to develop a water column upon which resides a frothy foam mixture of air, water and oil which is drawn into the head. In the vacuum head, the velocity of the air flow is suddenly and significantly reduced above a fluid sump wherein entrained oil and water droplets fall into a sump for processing outside of the vacuum head. A metal auger can be provided within the vacuum head to pump oil from pools and separate entrained oil droplets from the high velocity air flow. A special terrain vehicle which propels and supports the vacuum head is modular and can be transported by helicopter with the entire system.
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Breneman R. Bruce
Dunn Jr. Thomas G.
Folise Michael J.
Fraser Environmental Systems, Inc.
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