Device and method for cleaning up spilled oil and other liquids

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E02B 15/04 (2006.01) B63B 35/32 (2006.01)

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CA 2710303

A device and method for cleaning up spilled oil and other liquids that are relatively less dense than water, that have spilled on the water or are borne on water or an other relatively dense liquid, and for separating oil and other liquids that are relatively less dense than water, from water or an other relatively dense liquids comprising an oil/water separation column having a lower end forming a bottom opening oriented substantially parallel to the surface of the body of water in fluid communication with the water and spilled oil, an air pump in airtight engagement with, and proximate the upper end of the oil/water separation column and adapted to draw water and the spilled oil into the oil/water separation column; and an oil pump in liquid tight engagement with and proximate the upper end of the oil/water separation column and adapted to draw the spilled oil from the oil/water separation column.

La présente invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé pour le nettoyage de dispersions d'hydrocarbures et d'autres liquides qui sont relativement moins denses que l'eau, qui ont été déversés sur l'eau ou flottent sur l'eau ou tout autre liquide relativement dense, et pour la séparation d'hydrocarbures ou autres liquides qui sont relativement moins denses que l'eau, de l'eau ou d'autres liquides relativement denses comportant une colonne de séparation hydrocarbures/eau comprenant une extrémité inférieure formant une ouverture de fond orientée sensiblement parallèle à la surface de la masse d'eau en communication fluidique avec l'eau et les hydrocarbures dispersés, une pompe à air en engagement étanche et à proximité de l'extrémité supérieure de la colonne de séparation hydrocarbures/eau et apte à aspirer l'eau et les hydrocarbures dans la colonne de séparation hydrocarbures/eau; et une pompe à huile en engagement étanche et à proximité de l'extrémité supérieure de la colonne de séparation hydrocarbures/eau et apte à aspirer les hydrocarbures dispersés depuis la colonne de séparation hydrocarbures/eau.

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