Oil/water separation acceleration media
Abstract
Abstract THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE IS DIRECTED TO AN APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING THE SEPARATION OF OIL FROM AN OIL/WATER MIXTURE TO BRING THE OIL TO THE SURFACE OVER AS SHORT A LINEAR DISTANCE AS POSSIBLE IN A LINEAR FLOW OF A MIXTURE OF OIL AND WATER BY DIRECTING THE OIL/WATER MIXTURE THROUGH A BARRIER OF FILAMENTS OF POLYPROPYLENE ARRANGED ACROSS THE PATH OF MIXTURE FLOW WHICH BARRIER IS ANCHORED AT ITS BASE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FLUID CONFINING MEANS SUCH AS API OIL SEPARATOR OR A DITCH OR CANAL WITH THE FREE ENDS OF THE STRIPS OF POLYPROPYLENE DIRECTED UPWARDLY FORMING AN INCLINED PLANE UP WHICH THE OIL DROPLETS AMALGA- MATE ASSISTED BY THE BUOYANCY OF THE OIL AND THE FORCE FLOW VECTOR OF THE MIXTURE PASSING THROUGH THE FLUID CONFINING MEANS.
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- 👤 H Rhodes
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