Recovery of Oil Spills Using Vortex Assisted Airlift SystemP. C. Walkup, John Dexter Smith, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, E. R. Simonson, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Water Quality Office Environmental Protection Agency, Water Quality Office, 1970 - Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc - 18 pages |
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25 foot influence 6000 GPM VORTEX 960 gallons API Canadian crude apparatus Assisted Airlift System Battelle Northwest Coanda eductor concept for recovery crude oil diameter was achieved enhanced oil recovery factor of 7.9 Figure flapper type wave floating oil slicks fluid attachment eductor foot influence diameter INCH COANDA NOZZLE inch thick slick influence was smaller intake piping J. D. Smith large water basin liquid surface maximum strength vortex nozzle a fluid oil recovery rates Oil Spills path within three performance in surface pitot tube pump induced vortex RADIAL VELOCITY range of influence rate of 960 recovered oil-water mixture recovery of floating SCFM slicks which utilizes suction nozzle suction or Coanda surface current surface waves system for vortex tests THREE INCH COANDA three vortex cavity U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Navy variety of oils Vortex Assisted Airlift vortex cavity radii vortex was due water cavity location Water Pollution wave passed wave suppressor