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Oil
Slick Harvester
The current unit and boom
system is designed to work
in rivers, lakes,
reservoirs, harbours,
marinas, estuaries,
sheltered waters and coastal
waters and trapped oil under
ice. It can also be used in
land spill situations where
spilt oil reaches the water
table. It is not designed to
work in open water in rough
conditions.
The OSH will harvest on
average 13 cubic metres of
oil per hour. One machine
and 20 booms will harvest
and contain 28.66 cubic
metres (7,511 US gals). The
recovered oil is unaffected
by the conveyor belt system
and does not mix the oil
into a ‘chocolate mousse’.
It can then be recycled,
unlike the mixture collected
by the majority of other
equipment. The conveyor belt
system transfers the oil by
adhesion. Any water that
finds its way into the
boomed area will sink below
the recovered oil.
Booms can be deployed to
encompass an area of spilt
oil; when connected to the
Oil Slick Harvester, oil can
be transferred into the
contained area to the full
depth of the booms. |
