Apparatus for removing oil and other floating contaminants from a moving body of water

Patent · Tue Dec 18 04:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:6624433

Strohecker, J W

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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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OIL SPILLS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
REMOVAL
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WATER POLLUTION
WEIR OIL RECOVERY SYSTEMS