Oil tank cleaning
AssigneeBioPetroClean Inc.
InventorEugene Rosenberg
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Abstract
A system and method for cleaning oil tanks comprising: a bio-reactor for producing bacterial cultures containing bio-emulsifiers from bacteria, air, water and sources of utilizable carbon, nitrogen and phosphate; a first pump for pumping the bacterial cultures from the bio-reactor through a first pipe into the oil tank; at least one spraying nozzle connected to the first pipe for spraying the bacterial cultures onto the oil tank's floor and walls under anaerobic conditions; and a second pump for pumping fluid out of the oil tank through a second pipe into a receiving container.
Claims16
A system for cleaning oil tanks comprising:
- a bio-reactor for producing bacterial cultures containing bio-emulsifiers from bacteria, air, water and sources of utilizable carbon, nitrogen and phosphate;
- a first pump for pumping the bacterial cultures from the bio-reactor;
- a first pipe having a first end connected to the first pump and a second end connectable to an oil tank, for feeding the bacterial cultures into the oil tank;
- at least one spraying nozzle connected to the first pipe at said second end, for spraying the bacterial cultures onto the oil tank's floor and walls under anaerobic conditions;
- a second pump for pumping fluid out of the oil tank;
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- a second pipe having a first end connected to said second pump and a second end connectable to a receiving container, for flowing fluid out of the oil tank and into the receiving container.
A method of cleaning oil tanks comprising the steps of:
- a. producing bacterial cultures containing bio-emulsifiers from bacteria, air, water and sources of utilizable carbon, nitrogen and phosphate in a bio-reactor;
- b. spraying said bacterial cultures onto the walls and floor of an empty oil tank under anaerobic conditions;
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- c. pumping the resulting fluid from said oil tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.