UNIT FOR COLLECTING SORBENT FROM WATER SURFACE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC E02B15/10 C02F1/40 

FIELD: hydraulic engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for separating immiscible liquids and can be used in the treatment of wastewater contaminated with oils, oil and other substances. The purpose of the invention is to improve the efficiency of the unit. The unit works as follows: drum 1 with a mesh tape is lowered below the water surface to collect the sorbent. The sorbent from the water surface along mesh tape 8, driven by electric motor 10 and tension drum 3, enters centring drum 4 of centrifuge 13, when the unit is fully loaded, load sensor 5 is triggered to turn off the supply of a new batch of sorbent, electric motor 7 is turned on to centre the sorbent in drum 4. Next, the sorbent is centred, as a result, oil or oil products contained in the sorbent enter through the pipeline into pump 11 and then into tank 9, and the purified sorbent from the centring drum 4 is removed for reuse. The entire unit is placed on pontoon 6.

EFFECT: this unit solves the problem of collecting and reusing oil or oil products, as well as reducing the volume of the required sorbent involved in liquidation, reducing the time for localizing accidents, and optimizing the collection process by saving material and logistics operations.

1 cl, 1 dwg