| 摘要 |
An oil spill cleanup system has a vessel, a separator within the vessel for separating oil and water, a pump for pumping an oil/water mixture into the separator, and one or more probes and submersibles having hoses connected to the pump, for collecting the oil/water mixture. The separator has two or more adjacent tanks, for containing the oil/water mixture. Gravity separates the oil from water in the first tank and the water is evacuated from the bottom, while the oil overflows in the second tank, having an increased oil concentration, and so on, until the concentrated oil is evacuated. A mobile oil platform is also disclosed, having a subsea well connected to a hose, which carries oil to a vessel. The vessel receives the oil and is exchangeable with an empty vessel when full. When the vessel drops the hose, floats maintain its location. |
