Method and device for cleaning the bottoms of tanks or other containers in which hydrocarbons have been kept

摘要

a. Device for implementing the cleaning method of the main patent for the removal of sludge from the bottoms of tanks or containers in which hydrocarbons have been kept. b. This device comprises a disintegrating and dispersing apparatus for converting the sludge in a tank to which there is also supplied a liquid dissolving or dispersing agent. The machine is mounted on wheels 2, 3 in the manner of a trolley and at the front of it is a revolving screw 14 so arranged that it can be brought against the pile of sludge due for removal in order to gather it up and collect it. Also provided is an intermediate transfer chamber 19 which takes the collected sludge and is connected to foreign body trapping elements. c. This device makes it easy to gather up sludge due for removal and convert it into a mixture which can be pumped into a discharging pipe. <IMAGE>