Method and apparatus for recovery of a slick floating on the surface of a liquid
AssigneeSorelec
InventorSalah Djelouah
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for recovery of the product forming a slick floating on the surface of the water such as an oil slick. The apparatus comprises a recovery head formed by an enclosure having in the upper part an inlet for the product to be recovered and in the lower part an outlet for the recovered product, as well as a vortex generator which creates in the enclosure a dynamic vortex which descends in the enclosure as far s its outlet; a flotation means which supports the enclosure so as to keep its inlet at the level of the slick to be recovered; and a pipe connecting the outlet of the enclosure to a tank.
Claims6
Apparatus for recovery of a product forming a slick floating on the surface of water, said apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure adapted for vertical positioning, said enclosure having an inlet in the upper portion of said enclosure for permitting ingress of a product to be recovered, and an outlet located in the lowermost portion of said enclosure for outflow of recovered product from said enclosure;
- an agitator disposed in said enclosure between said inlet and said outlet, said agitator adapted to generate a dynamic vortex which descends downwardly in said enclosure into said outlet;
- a motor, said motor including a shaft, said shaft drivingly secured to said agitator;
- a float operatively secured to said enclosure for floatingly supporting said enclosure on water to thereby keep said inlet at the level of a slick to be recovered;
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- a conduit connected to said outlet for conducting recovered product from said outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.