Sediment removal from holding tanks

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B65D 88/70 (2006.01) B01F 13/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2114098

A method and an apparatus are disclosed for removing sediment from containers, for example, settled sand from a crude oil holding tank. With the tank containing the sediment and a quantity of liquid, air is injected into the tank adjacent the bottom to agitate the sediment and the liquid to form a slurry of the sediment in the liquid. This slurry is then drained or pumped fromthe tank. The injector mechanism is preferably a pipe that extends across the bottom of the tank and may be rotated in a circular tank.

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