Oil skimmer and vacuum recovery apparatus

摘要

An oil skimmer and vacuum recovery apparatus providing a method for removing the contaminating oil floating on the surface of a water body is disclosed. The apparatus may be mounted on an oil recovery vessel and includes a vacuum head mounted to a vacuum system. The vacuum head is configured at a desired proximity above a horizontally disposed separation plate that is adjustably positionable to be placed between the water surface and a contaminating layer of floating oil. The vacuum system includes a vacuum pump and motor and an associated vacuum tank configured to a fluids collection chamber that is in communication with a fluids vacuum line attached to the vacuum head. A vacuum force is directed by the vacuum head to the layer of floating oil above the separation plate whereby and the oil layer is skimmed from over the separation plate and drawn through the vacuum head the fluids vacuum line to the fluids collection chamber where it is collected for disposal.

主权项

1. An apparatus for skimming and separating an oil layer from a water surface, comprising:
(a) a horizontally disposed separation plate positioned between a water surface and a layer of oil floating on said water surface; (b) a baffle plate positioned in a desired proximity of said separation plate; (c) a vacuum head delivering a suction force, said vacuum head positioned vertically above said separation plate and in fluid communication with said layer of floating oil; and (d) wherein said separation plate and said baffle plate direct said suction force from said vacuum head to collect said layer of oil above said separation plate such that said suction force is directed ahead of said baffle plate.