Method of treating oil/water mixture
OwnerTomohiko Hashibainventor
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Abstract
Oil/water mixtures recovered from the sea surface and similar areas are emulsified without the use of any emulsifier and subjected to combustion. A boat (300) is equipped with a spilled oil recovery unit (310) for recovering oil having been spilled onto the natural sea area; an emulsification unit (100) devised so that while the oil/water mixture is discharged through a liquid discharge nozzle, any of this mixture (121) having been recovered by the spilled oil recovery unit (310) is crushed by a high-speed air current sprayed from an air jet orifice disposed around the liquid discharge nozzle to thereby produce an oil/water emulsion; and a combustion unit (200) capable of combustion of the emulsion produced by the emulsification unit (100).
Claims9
A method of treating an oil/water mixture, characterized in that an oil/water emulsion is produced by discharging an oil/water mixture, wherein oil and water coexist, from a liquid discharge nozzle as it is being crushed by a high-speed air current sprayed from an air jet orifice disposed around the liquid discharge nozzle, and this emulsion is subjected to combustion by a combustion unit.
An apparatus for treating an oil/water mixture, characterized in that it comprises an emulsification unit for producing an oil/water emulsion by discharging an oil/water mixture, wherein oil and water coexist, from a liquid discharge nozzle as it is being crushed by a high-speed air current sprayed from an air jet orifice disposed around the liquid discharge nozzle and
- a combustion unit for combustion of the emulsion produced by the emulsification unit.
A boat, characterized in that it comprises a spilled oil recovery unit for the recovery of oil spilled onto natural waters as an oil/water mixture;
- an emulsification unit for producing an oil/water emulsion by discharging an oil/water mixture from a liquid discharge nozzle as it is being crushed by a high-speed air current sprayed from an air jet orifice disposed around the liquid discharge nozzle;
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- a combustion unit for the combustion of the emulsion produced by the emulsification unit.
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