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US08210271B2 Vapor recovery and fire suppression system for oil skimmer 有权
撇油器的蒸气回收和灭火系统

  • Patent Title: Vapor recovery and fire suppression system for oil skimmer
  • Patent Title (中): 撇油器的蒸气回收和灭火系统
  • Application No.: US12476933
    Application Date: 2009-06-02
  • Publication No.: US08210271B2
    Publication Date: 2012-07-03
  • Inventor: Paul Gibbs
  • Applicant: Paul Gibbs
  • Agency: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC
  • Main IPC: A62C2/00
  • IPC: A62C2/00
Vapor recovery and fire suppression system for oil skimmer
Abstract:
One or more aspects of the present invention is directed to a fire suppression system for use with an oil and vapor recovery system, such as for example, a system having a float system for adjusting the height of oil and vapor recovery intakes. The float system is preferably adjustable to allow connection of additional floats to maintain buoyancy and keep the vapor intake above the level of the oil in the holding tank and to maintain the oil intake above the level of the water contained in the holding tank. Vapor is drawn out of the holding tank using a vacuum assisted siphon. Oil can be withdrawn from the holding tank by suction or simply by letting the oil flow into an outlet by gravity. By reversing the flow of the existing suction pipes or by providing additional inlet pipes to the nozzles, fire suppression or other chemicals can be added to the tank without having to gain physical access to the tanks, thereby potentially saving lives, money as well as the fluids within the tanks.
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