Means for supplying oil from a tank containing heavy fuel oil
OwnerKetil Valleinventor
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Abstract
Means for supplying fuel from a storage tank (1) containing heavy fuel oil, said means comprising a collector (2) arranged above at least part of a heating device such as a heating coil (3, 4) within said storage tank (1), said collector (2) having the shape of a hat or a cap with an open bottom, said collector (2) thereby collecting heated oil ascending from the heating coil (3, 4), whereby heated oil in the collector (2) is captured by a suction device (5, 6) within the collector (2) to be transported to a consumer outside the storage tank (1) by a fuel pump (7).
Claims4
Means for supplying oil from a storage tank containing heavy fuel oil by heating oil to increasing flowability/decreasing viscosity, said means comprising a collector arranged above at least part of a heating device such as a heating coil within said storage tank, said collector having the shape of a hat or a cap with an open bottom, said collector thereby collecting heated oil ascending from the heating coil, whereby heated oil in the collector being captured by a suction device within the collector to be transported to a consumer outside the storage tank by a transfer pump.
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