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Navire ameliore servant a recueillir et a separer du petrole et de l'eau dans un environnement marin par l'intermediaire d'un dispositif de collecte et de separation interne submerge Download PDF

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WO1993001083A1
WO1993001083A1 PCT/US1991/004689 US9104689W WO9301083A1 WO 1993001083 A1 WO1993001083 A1 WO 1993001083A1 US 9104689 W US9104689 W US 9104689W WO 9301083 A1 WO9301083 A1 WO 9301083A1
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T. Gordon Ellison, Sr.
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
    • E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
    • E02B15/046—Collection of oil using vessels, i.e. boats, barges
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/32—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for collecting pollution from open water
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
    • Y02A20/204—Keeping clear the surface of open water from oil spills

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  • the present invention relates to marine vessels for use in retrieving oil that has been spilled into an aquatic marine environment, and more particularly relates to an improved oil recovery system for use in a marine environment wherein a deep draft vessel provides an oil holding interior that includes one or more oil separators positioned under the water surface of the vessel interiors so that oil separation takes place underwater, enhancing oil/water separation and providing for continuous and/or intermittent discharge of water and continuous and/or intermittent batch-type removal of the separated oil. Further, an improved influent flow conduit system enhances accumulation of oil at multiple stages as an oil/water mixture is gathered from the surrounding marine environment. 2.
  • a deep draft vessel provides an oil holding interior that includes one or more oil separators positioned under the water surface of the vessel interiors so that oil separation takes place underwater, enhancing oil/water separation and providing for continuous and/or intermittent discharge of water and continuous and/or intermittent batch-type removal of the separated oil.
  • an improved influent flow conduit system enhances accumulation of oil at multiple stages as an oil/water mixture is gathered from the surrounding marine environment.
  • vessels having an intake that skims a combination of oil and water into the vessel interior. Thereafter, the oil is separated by pumping it into separators or by simply filling the vessel completely to its capacity with whatever oil can be skimmed.
  • the problem with such vessels is that they are limited by the capacity of their interior oil containing compartment which can be only a very small fraction of the overall volume of oil contained in the spill.
  • Another problem with oil skimmer vessels is that they must typically be large enough to contain a sufficient volume of oil so that their construction is very expensive as compared to their ability to contain a certain volume of oil.
  • skimmers include an elongated endless belt in the form of a brush-type structure which is dispensed to the oil slick and which returns to a mother ship where a squeezing mechanism separates the oil which accumulates in the endless belt.
  • Other types of oil skimmers include long flexible booms that accumulate the oil in to a central area within the boom so that pumps can simply suction the accumulated oil into a container such as a barge. The problem with booms is that so often the oil spreads quickly and cannot be boomed off before it has spread over an area much larger than the boom itself can encompass.
  • the present invention solves these prior art problems and shortcomings by providing a highly efficient yet relatively low cost marine vessel for accumulating and separating oil in a marine environment after a spill.
  • the present invention provides a vessel having an interior collection chamber for receiving an influent oil and water mixture from the adjacent sea surface after a spill has occurred. At least a portion of the collection chamber extends to an elevation below the sea level surface during use.
  • One or more oil/water separators, contained within the vessel collection chamber are positioned at least partially below the sea level surface during use so that oil and water can be separated by the separator below the sea level surface using the mechanical action of the separator on oil attempting to rise to the sea level surface.
  • the separator includes a plurality of vertically spaced members with surfaces that allow rising oil to accumulate thereon during separation, and an oil inlet at the lower end portion of the separator for adding oil to the separator.
  • One or more intakes are provided for collecting oil and water from the adjacent sea surface (such as after an oil spill) and a flow line is provided for communicating oil from the intake to the separator at the oil inlet portion thereof.
  • the intake is in the form of catch basins having outlets with an elevation below the sea level surface during use.
  • the intakes include booms extending outwardly from the vessel for channeling oil to the intake as the vessel is moved.
  • the separator includes a closed wall separator structure having multiple vertically spaced plates therein.
  • the separator is a closed wall structure having a bottom and side walls, defining an oil holding interior and the side walls include one or more water outlets, the oil inlet communicates with the bottom and the interior has multiple, transverse and vertically spaced-apart plate members with surfaces for catching and accumulating oil that is rising within the interior.
  • the oil that is transmitted to the separators via the oil inlet flows upwardly in the separator and is interrupted in its upward vertical movement by the plurality of plates. Oil accumulates on the plurality of plates while water flows laterally out of the separator.
  • a flow line for indicating when the vessel interior is filled with oil so that discharge of the oil can be initiated to a remote storage location, such as a barge, for example.
  • Figure 1 is an elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a top view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a partial sectional elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention illustrating the oil separator and inlet flow line portions thereof;
  • Figure 4 is a partial elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention illustrating the oil/water intake portions thereof;
  • Figure 5 is fragmentary elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention illustrating the oil separator portion thereof;
  • Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention illustrating the oil intake portion thereof;
  • Figure 7 is another fragmentary elevational view of the oil intake portion of the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is a sectional view taken along lines 8-8 of Figure 7;
  • Figure 9 is an elevational view of an alternate embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • Figure 10 is a sectional view of an alternate embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIGS 11 and 12 are fragmentary views of an alternate embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 best illustrates the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention designated generally by the numeral 10.
  • the marine vessel for collecting and separating spilled oil in a marine environment is designated generally by the numeral 10 in Figure 1.
  • the apparatus includes a floating vessel 12 having an interior 13 for collecting an oil/water mixture from the adjacent water surface WS such as a sea surface, ocean surface, lake surface, or other such waterway. At least a portion of the collection chamber 13 extends to an elevation below the water surface WS, the bottom being designated generally by the numeral 14.
  • the bottom 14 includes an outlet 15 in the form of an elongated transverse conduit 16 for discharging water from collection chamber 13 as indicated by the arrow 17 in Figure 1.
  • the apparatus 10 intakes an oil/water mixture from the surrounding waterway, oil is continuously separated and the water which is taken in with the oil can be continuously returned to the adjacent waterway, lake, or the like.
  • an oil discharge line 20 is provided for continuously discharging collected oil from the vessel 10 for collection in a remote location or in an adjacent floating vessel such as a barge or the like.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus 10 for continuously separating oil and water and for continuously returning water to the adjacent aquatic environment while simultaneously continuously (or in batch form) discharging collected oil to an adjacent "mother" ship, barge, or like vessel.
  • a pair of oil separators 30, 32 are provided. Separators 30, 32 are preferably disposed below the water surface WS. In the preferred embodiment, the water WS externally of the vessel 10 in internally of the vessel 10 are substantially the same. Thus, the vessel 12 can be an open channel so that the water surface WS is the same both internally and externally of the vessel 12. Separators 30, 32 are preferably positioned entirely below the water surface WS, as can be seen in Figure 1. Each separator 30, 32 can be generally rectangular in plan view defining a rectangular, closed wall structure, each having a bottom 31, 33 respectively, end walls 35A and side walls 35B. It should be understood that a pair of separators 30, 32 are shown in the embodiment of Figure 1.
  • separators could be provided, such as, for example, an array of separators in a larger vessel 10.
  • the bottoms 31, 33 and the vertical end walls 35A and vertical side walls 35B thus define a closed wall separator structure having an interior 40 that separates oil and water during use.
  • a plurality of longitudinally extending, generally flat rectangular plates 41-46 are positioned in parallel, paired fashion ( Figure 5) and are each preferably inclined. Plates 41-43 are angled at an angle of, for example, 30?- 45?, and are parallel to each other, being maintained in spaced apart generally parallel and inclined position by means of a plurality of vertical supporting post members 47. Similarly, plates 44-46 are inclined, generally parallel inclined flat plate members which are supported by a plurality of structural posts 48.
  • the posts 47, 48 can be, for example, cylindrical pipe joints or other suitable structural members, such as a flanged "I" beam or the like. Plates 41-46 extend longitudinally, and span between opposed end walls 35A.
  • Oil inlet 50 dispenses oil via inlet opening 52 to separators 30, 32.
  • Oil inlet flow line 50 thus can be connected to the discharge 53 side of pump 54 which includes a suction line 55 that receives flow from catch basin intakes 60, 62 (see Figure 2 and 6-8) .
  • the pump 54 pumps oil and water mixture which is skimmed from the adjacent sea water area using catch basins 60, 62 to the vessel interior 13 via line 50 and to inlet 52 so that oil and water are added to the separators 30, 32 at the lowermost portion thereof. The water will tend to settle in the separators 30, 32 while the oil will rise upwardly.
  • an interior vertical channel 49 is defined between the first set of plates 41-43 and the second set of plates 44-45 which allows oil to flow upwardly.
  • the channel 49 is sufficiently narrow so that oil floating upwardly will be substantially coalesced and collected upon the underside of plates 41-46 at the time of discharge at channel 49 upwardly so that substantially water free oil collects at the top of the separators 30, 32.
  • a plurality of side openings 56 allow water to discharge from each separator 30, 32.
  • the discharged water thus flows downwardly to the lowermost portion 14 of vessel 12 where it can exit, as illustrated by the arrow 57 via outlet valve V and discharge line 16.
  • the outlet valve V can have an upwardly extending valve stem VS for operating the valve between open flow and closed flow positions.
  • Stand pipe 70 allows a worker standing upon the vessel deck 12A to monitor the quality of fluid contained at the lowermost portion of the vessel interior 13. Thus, the stand pipe 70 allows an operator to determine whether or not water or in fact oil as filled the vessel interior 13. If the operator pumps fluid upwardly in stand pipe 70 to outlet 72 and finds that oil is transmitted, this means that the vessel has been substantially filled with oil and it is time to pump that oil to a collection vessel, such as a "mother" ship, barge, or the like, via line 20.
  • a collection vessel such as a "mother" ship, barge, or the like
  • a small bilge pump or the like could be connected to the stand pipe 70 for a continuous flow of fluid so that an operator would simple glance occasionally at the stand pipe discharge 72 to determine whether or not oil was being discharge therefrom.
  • the bilge pump (not shown) could pump, for example, a few gallons per minute continuously to determine whether or not the vessel interior 13 were filled with oil.
  • Each catch basin 60, 62 is equipped with a pivotal boom 63, 64 that could be rotated inwardly and outwardly using handles H.
  • the boom aids in the collection of oil at catch basin 60, 62 as the vessel moves forward under the power of its engine E and motor M, the collection of oil being designated schematically by the flow arrows 65 in Figure 2.
  • Each basin 60, 62 can have an intake screen 80, 82 respectively and an intake funnel 85, 87 respectively that is positioned to receive incoming spill water designated by the arrows 89 in Figure 8.
  • the funnels 85, 87 communicate with suction line 55.
  • Funnels 85, 87 can be adjustably, preferably slidably movable with respect to vessel 12 so that their fluid intake position can be changed and adjusted vertically using telescoping suction pipe section 55A.
  • Figures 9-12 illustrate an alternate embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, designated generally by the numeral 100.
  • Oil/water skimmer 100 provides a floating barge hull 101 that floats on the water surface WS but extends a distance below.
  • the barge hull 111 provides a forward intake structure 102 having an inlet 103.
  • Water and oil typically mix at the surface of an oil slick or spill and therefore the intake structure 102 must extend a certain distance below the water surface such as, for example, 2 - 4 feet. In this manner, the oil is ingested with a large amount of surrounding seawater.
  • Arrow 104 in Figure 11 illustrates generally the intake of oil and seawater by intake structure 102.
  • Auger 105 is positioned at the rear of intake structure 102 and is an optional feature for enhancing the intake of floating oil along with the seawater.
  • An influent line 106 carries the oil/water mixture rearwardly and downwardly, the influent line 106 communicating with elbow 107 transmits flow from influent line 106 into separator body 108.
  • Separator body 108 includes side walls 109 and has an interior 110.
  • An upper surface 111 is perforated with openings 115.
  • Bottom 112 includes outlet 126.
  • Side walls 109 have multiple side outlet ports 113, including an upper and a lower row of outlet ports 113.
  • Bottom 112 includes outlet opening 114 for discharging water from separator body 108.
  • the plurality of top openings 115 in upper surface plate 111 are surrounded by angle plate 116 so that the openings 115 are louvered. Oil droplets rise within the interior 110 of separator body 108 and accumulate upon the angle plates 116 before floating upwardly to engage transverse perforated horizontal baffle 135 (see Figure 11).
  • Elbow 107 communicates with horizontal tube 117 that includes a number of openings designed to discharge oil and water including top openings 118, side openings 119, and bottom openings 120. Each of the openings provides angled plates in the form of louver plates 121 - 123. The top openings have angled louver plates 121. Side openings 119 have angled louver plates 122, and bottom openings 120 provide bottom louver plates 123. Horizontal tube 117 includes an end plate 124.
  • the separator body 108 is shown in horizontal section viewing the interior 110 from the end portion adjacent end plate 124.
  • interior 110 there can be seen a plurality of angled plates including a first pair of lowermost angled plates 127 and a second pair of uppermost angled plates 128.
  • the highest portion of each angle plate is placed at the center of interior 110 and the uppermost ends of each plate 127, 128 overlap, as shown in Figure 10, so that oil accumulates on the underside of each of the plates 127, 128 and moves upwardly within interior 110, exiting between the gaps 140, 141.
  • FIG 12 a partial transverse view of the barge hull 101 is shown, illustrating the floatation tanks 131 which are positioned above oil storage tank 134 and water storage tank 133.
  • Conduits or hoses can be used to withdraw oil on a continuous or batch basis from the oil storage tank 134, and transmitted to a storage vessel.
  • the transverse horizontal baffle 135 is perforated so that oil rising upwardly in separator 108 and exiting the plurality of openings 115 can accumulate under the transverse baffle 135 and enter the storage tank 134.
  • Vents 32 allow the oil level in tank 134 to rise and fall, and provide access to check oil level in tank 134 using a level rod, ruler or dip stick.
  • the heavier water occupies the large bulk of the vessel 100, being disposed in tank 133. Because the separator 108 is positioned below water surface WS, and because the surrounding seawater is heavier than the oil contained within the separator 108 interior 110, the oil continuously attempts to rise upwardly toward the transverse horizontal baffle plate 135. Thus, it should be understood that the transverse baffle plate 135 and the oil tank 134 will always be in a position below the water surface WS.
  • the vessel 100 illustrated in Figure 11 can be self- propelled. Vessel 100 thus has a propeller 136 and rudder 137.

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Un navire de récupération (101) pour déversements accidentels de pétrole comprend une conduite d'entrée permettant de récupérer le pétrole et l'eau de mer formant une nappe ou un déversement de pétrole. Le navire comprend une partie interne (110) qui contient le pétrole et l'eau récupérés, et sépare le pétrole à l'intérieur du navire et sous l'eau. Une multiplicité de surfaces de séparation (128) situées à l'intérieur du navire et sous la surface de l'eau sont empilées verticalement afin de capturer et d'accumuler le pétrole alors que le niveau de pétrole s'élève à l'intérieur du navire. Une conduite d'écoulement d'entrée (106) comprend des orifices de sortie (118) de pétrole le long d'une partie située sous le séparateur afin de produire une accumulation préliminaire de gouttelettes de pétrole sur des lattes orientées à un angle par rapport à chaque orifice de sortie située sur la conduite d'écoulement d'entrée. Une plaque de déflexion transversale située au-dessus des séparateurs comprend des ouvertures pourvues de lattes ou d'éléments obliques en forme de plaques (116), permettant d'accumuler et de concentrer davantage le pétrole sortant du séparateur. De cette manière, l'on obtient un système de séparation de pétrole et d'eau et d'accumulation de pétrole à trois étages, qui comprend: 1) la conduite d'écoulement d'entrée; 2) le séparateur et ses plaques à espacement verticales; et 3) la plaque de déflexion transversale et ses ouvertures pourvues de lattes.
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FR2942247A1 (fr) * 2009-02-17 2010-08-20 Dominique Pellissier Dispositif pour la recuperation de produits polluants flottants associe a un bateau et bateau comportant un tel dispositif
CN110306506A (zh) * 2019-05-15 2019-10-08 嵊州市云瑞环保科技有限公司 一种海上原油泄漏处理设备

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