APPARATUS FOR CLEANING WATER FROM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: cleaning any water from petroleum products. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has body 1 divided by partition 2 with overflow hole 3 into upper chamber 4 and lower chamber 5 and receiving vessel 9 for fouled water. Installed in body is dampening chamber 10 divided by vertical overflow partition 11 into two parts. Upper and lower chambers are provided with their own draining devices. Receiving vessel 9 communicates with dampening chamber 10. Upper chamber 4 in its upper part has filling device 6. Chambers 4, 5 are filled respectively with water and fouled water for its cleaning. Exchange of molecules of water and petroleum products takes place between chambers 4, 5 through hole 3. Collected in chamber 4 are petroleum products which then are drained, and clean water from chamber 5 flows out through its draining device. EFFECT: high efficiency. 6 cl, 3 dwg