Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil recovery boom
- Patent Title (中): 油回收繁荣
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Application No.: US13245671Application Date: 2011-09-26
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Publication No.: US08821721B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Luis Rafael Torres
- Applicant: Luis Rafael Torres
- Agent Gary L. Eastman, Esq.
- Main IPC: E02B15/10
- IPC: E02B15/10 ; E02B15/06 ; E02B15/04 ; C02F103/00

Abstract:
The oil recovery boom of the present invention is designed to collect great amounts of oil if used in conjunction with many other booms. The oil recovery boom includes a set of eductors, and removes the adjacent oil for extraction from the sea. A high pressure pump placed at one end of the boom takes water from the sea and pumps it through a flexible manifold. The manifold in turn provides water pressure to each eductor and, the oil carried with the water is then pumped into a barge or containment with overflow sections, which will then separate the oil from the water for later processing. Embodiments of the present invention adopts an array of eductors which can be positioned either in series or in parallel. The oil recovery boom of the present invention provides for the immediate and large-scale removal of oil from the sea.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120145614A1 OIL RECOVERY BOOM Public/Granted day:2012-06-14
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