Water-oil separation device
AssigneeSeoul National University R&Db Foundation
InventorsYong Hyup KIM, Youn Jeong CHOE
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Abstract
A water-oil separation device uses a difference in density between water and oil. The water-oil separation device can easily and quickly separate oil by using a polymer film floating at interface between water and oil. The water-oil separation device easily and quickly collects oil of various viscosities with a simple structure by using differences in density between materials without using a conventional lyophilic/lyophobic film, thus solving the drawbacks of conventional filter-based and adsorption-based methods, and enabling quick and effective responses to actual oil spill situations.
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A water-oil separation device for separating oil floating on water, comprising:
- (a) a polymer film having a density lower than the density of water and higher than the density of oil, so as to be configured to float between water and oil, and having a recovery hole for recovering oil;
- (b) an oil recovery tube connected to the recovery hole and configured to move oil located on the polymer film;
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- (c) an oil recovery container connected to an end of the oil recovery tube and configured to store recovered oil.
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