Apparatus for removing oil and other floating contaminants from a moving body of water
Patent
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OSTI ID:6624433
The patent describes a process in which floating contaminants such as oil and solid debris are removed from a moving body of water by employing a skimming system which uses the natural gravitational flow of the water. A boom diagonally positioned across the body of water diverts the floating contaminants over a floating weir and into a retention pond where an underflow weir is used to return contaminant-free water to the moving body of water. The floating weir is ballasted to maintain the contaminant-receiving opening therein slightly below the surface of the water during fluctuations in the water level for skimming the contaminants with minimal water removal.
- Assignee:
- Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3779385
- OSTI ID:
- 6624433
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 30 Nov 1971; Other Information: PAT-APPL-203,267
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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