DEVICE FOR OIL GATHERING FROM WATER SURFACE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: equipment water media protection; applicable in gathering of oil polluting water areas of seal, oceans, ports, harbors and inland waters. SUBSTANCE: device has closed bank of hydrocyclones located uniformly over circumference and interconnected by vertical connecting strips. Hydrocyclone front and rear walls are combined with inlet holes expanding upward. Device has oil and holes pipelines connected with coaxially located oil and water traps in center of device. It also includes hollow chambers formed by horizontal and vertical connecting strips vertical edges formed by front and rear walls of hydrocyclones, cover with breakwater appliance installed over its perimeter. Breakwater appliance is made in form of vertical rectangular plates uniformly distributed and directed over radius of oil gathering device. Said rectangular plates are fixed with their upper edges to cover lower side and made with height not less than height of hydrocyclone cylindrical part. Formed between breakwater appliance and vertical edges is gap and device cover has hatch above each hollow chamber. EFFECT: higher efficiency of separation of fluids with different densities as compared with known devices. 2 dwg