Oil spill cleanup system

Patent ·

OSTI ID:5734838

Ayers, R R

A skimmer for removing oil from the surface of a body of water is articulated from front to rear to be wave comformable and/or has a quiescent collection zone formed by bottom and/or forward baffles. A flexible skimming head for use with or independently of the skimmer is composed of a foraminous sheet having an integral chevron flow pattern on its upper surface. A floating skimming head for use similar to the preceding head has a central, axially vertically movable cone or other configuration forming a suction mouth. A boom for use with or independently of the skimmer is composed of converging double booms. Storage capacity for oil collected by the skimmer is composed of onboard and/or offboard membranes. The baffles which divide the open front end of the skimmer into separate adjacent chambers open at front and rear to permit passage of oil and water and are of sufficient length to substantially arrest orbital water particle motion associated with waves without substantially impeding flow. They also act to diffuse and downward direct water exiting from the compartment and act to create a quescent oil capture zone within the compartment.

• Assignee: Shell Oil Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 3966614
• OSTI ID: 5734838
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BAFFLES
COMPARTMENTS
CONTAINMENT
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FLOTATION
FLOW REGULATORS
OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT
OIL RETENTION BOOMS
OIL SPILLS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SKIMMERS
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL