Oil/water disperser device for use in an oil content monitor/control system. Patent Application

Patent · Tue Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6142768

Kempel, F D

This patent application discloses an oil content monitor/control unit system, including an oil/water disperser device, which is configured to automatically monitor and control processed effluent from an associated oil/water separator so that if the processed effluent exceeds predetermined in-port or at-sea oil concentration lmits, it is either recirculated to an associated oil/water separator via a ship's bilge for additional processing, or diverted to a holding tank for storage. On the other hand, if the oil concentration of the processed effluent is less than predetermined in-port or at-sea limits, it is discharged overboard. The oil/water disperser device is configured to break up any oil present in the processed effluent into uniform droplets for more accurate sensing of the oil present in the processed effluent into uniform droplets for more accurate sensing of the oil-in-water concentration level thereof. The oil/water disperser device has a flow-actuated variable orifice configured into a spring-loaded polyethylene plunger which provides the uniform distribution of oil droplets.

• Assignee: NOR-85-05110; EDB-86-031320
• OSTI ID: 6142768
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
OILS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT
DISTRIBUTION
MONITORS
SHIPS
STORAGE
WATER
EQUIPMENT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects
020500 - Petroleum- Products & By-Products