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US 10,683,626 B2Granted
Device and method for dispersing oil on water
AssigneeSinvent AS
InventorsStein Erik Sorstrom, Trond Nordtug
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Abstract
A device and method for dispersing oil on water comprises a rig structure for being mounted in a vessel, the rig structure including a front transverse structure with at least one nozzle for flushing with pressurized water supplied from a pressure facility located on the vessel.
Claims16
A device for dispersing oil on water, comprising:
- a rig structure for being mounted in a vessel, the rig structure including a transverse structure with nozzles for flushing with pressurized water jets supplied from a pressure facility located on the vessel,
- wherein a direction and a distance of the nozzles to a surface of the water as well as pressure of the pressurized water are adjustable,
- wherein the nozzles are rotatably arranged whereby overlapping impact areas from closely related nozzles are formed on the surface of the water, whereby dispersed oil droplets within a micron-size range are obtained such that the dispersed oil droplets can be mixed into the water by the energy created by the water jets and forward motion of the vessel.
A method of dispersing oil on water, comprising:
- mounting a rig structure in a vessel, wherein the rig structure includes a front transverse structure with rotatable nozzles for flushing with pressurized water jets supplied from a pressure facility located on the vessel, adjusting a direction and a distance of the nozzles to the a surface of the water as well as pressure of the pressurized water,
- maintaining highest possible impact energy from the pressurized water on the surface in relation to the viscosity of oil, and
- obtaining dispersed oil droplets within a micron-size range such that the dispersed oil droplets are mixed into the water by the energy created by the water jets and forward motion of the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.