Oil well fire suppression device
OwnerFrank Cicaneseinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to oil well fire suppression devices, a self contained fire suppression device serving the dual purposes of extinguishing an oil fire and thereafter sealing the well against further leakage and re-ignition. The containment vessel physicaly contains and extinguishes the fire within seconds, channels and controls escaping oil and gas, and plugs the well with a removable bladder. Heat activated valves release liquid nitrogen into the fire column to use the force of the fire to suck nitrogen into the flame and thereby assisting in extinguishing the fire.
Claims4
An oil well fire suppression and containment vessel, said vessel comprising:
- a water containment cylinder having a top end and a bottom end, said water containment cylinder having a lifting bar affixed on both sides of said top end, and an oil containment chamber having a top end and a bottom end, said oil containment chamber being contained within and axially aligned to said water containment cylinders said second containment chamber forming a water containment chamber with said first containment chamber,
- a center pipe extending through and axially aligned to said first containment chamber and said second containment chamber,
- a plurality of perforated baffle plates mounted within said first containment chamber, each of said baffle plates being sequentially positioned on said center pipe,
- a cone shaped guide affixed to said first containment chamber aligned with said center pipe, said guide having an aperture formed therein,
- a plurality of liquid nitrogen tanks mounted on said top end of said water containment cylinder,
- a plurality of connecting pipes and a plurality of heat activated valves, said connecting pipes running from said liquid nitrogen tanks and through said water containment chamber and connecting to said oil containment chamber, said heat activated valves for controlling the flow of liquid nitrogen into said oil containment chamber upon exposure to the heat of a burning oil well, and
- a plurality or vent pipes mounted on said oil containment chamber for conducting oil and gases from said oil containment chamber to a secure storage area.
An oil well fire suppression and containment vessel of claim 7 wherein a motor unit having a mechanical screw moans is mounted above said center pipe and a rotatable shaft being extended through said center pipe and driven by said motor unit, said screw means having an expandable bladder mounted at a lower end for mechanically sealing the opening of an oil well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.