Oil recovery boom

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An oil recovery boom comprising:
a plurality of eductors, each eductor having an eductor inlet, an eductor outlet, and an eductor jacket, said eductors arranged in a series configuration where the educator outlet faces the eductor inlet of an adjacent educator to form a linear arrangement of eductors having a first end and a second end, a first educator at said first end and a last educator at said second end; a plurality of connecting tubes having a connecting tube inlet, a connecting tube outlet, and a plurality of connecting tube ports between said connecting tube inlet and said connecting tube outlet, each said connecting tube inlet is in fluid communication with an eductor outlet of an eductor and said connecting tube outlet is in fluid communication to an eductor inlet of an adjacent eductor; a flexible manifold having an open first end, a closed second end, and a plurality of supply line exits between said first end and said second end; a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, said pump outlet attached and in fluid communication with said open first end of said high pressure flexible manifold and said pump inlet in fluid communication with a fluid to provide a flow of pressurized fluid to said flexible manifold; a plurality of supply lines having a supply line inlet and a supply line outlet, each said supply line inlet in fluid communication with each said supply line exit of said manifold and each said supply line outlet in fluid communication with said eductor jacket of each said eductor to provide pressurized water to said eductor; a separation filter receiving said outlet of said last educator and configured to separate fluid from contaminates.