Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil combatting vessel
- Patent Title (中): 油战舰
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Application No.: US12739925Application Date: 2008-10-30
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Publication No.: US08343358B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Pauli Immonen
- Applicant: Pauli Immonen
- Applicant Address: FI Turku
- Assignee: Mobimar Oy
- Current Assignee: Mobimar Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Turku
- Agency: Stiennon & Stiennon
- Priority: FI20070827 20071031; FI20085239 20080319
- International Application: PCT/FI2008/050619 WO 20081030
- International Announcement: WO2009/056687 WO 20090507
- Main IPC: E02B15/04
- IPC: E02B15/04

Abstract:
A three-hulled oil combatting vessel (500) has a separating structure (100), which pushes ice blocks (J1), which move between the middle hull (SH1) and side hulls (SH2, SH3) from the prow to the stern, underneath the water surface (WL1). The separating structure (100) may be a grate in the longitudinal direction of the vessel (500). The density of the oil (B4) or oil refining product to be collected is smaller than that of the water, so the oil (B3), which has been separated from the ice blocks (J1) that were pushed down, tends to rise through the separating structure (100) to the water surface. The separating structure (100) separates the oil (B3) from the ice blocks (J1) for easier collection into a container. The separated (B4) oil can thus be collected from the relatively ice-free water surface (WL1) with an oil collecting device (200), which may have a brush skimmer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100252508A1 Oil Combatting Vessel Public/Granted day:2010-10-07
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