Ray F. Schmitt - Riviera Beach MD Chadwick L. Trent - College Park MD Joseph A. Gavin - Glen Burnie MD Francis D. Kempel - Sudlersville MD
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
B01D 1704 C02F 140
US Classification:
210 961
Abstract:
An oil content monitor/control unit system including an oil/water disperser evice is configured to automatically monitor and control processed effluent from an associated oil/water separator so that if the processed effluent exceeds predetermined in-port or at-sea oil concentration limits, it is either recirculated to an associated oil/water separator via a ship's bilge for additional processing, or diverted to a holding tank for storage. On the other hand, if the oil concentration of the processed effluent is less than predetermined in-port or at-sea limits, it is discharged overboard. The oil/water disperser device is configured to break up any oil present in the processed effluent into uniform droplets for more accurate sensing of the oil-in-water concentration level thereof. The oil/water disperser device has a flow-actuated variable orifice configured into a spring-loaded polyethylene plunger which provides the uniform distribution of oil droplets.
Ray F. Schmitt - Riviera Beach MD Joseph A. Gavin - Glen Burnie MD Francis D. Kempel - Sudlersville MD Charles N. Waltrick - late of Glen Burnie MD
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
G01N 2149 B01D 1704 C02F 140
US Classification:
250574
Abstract:
An oil content monitor/control unit system is configured to automatically nitor and control processed effluent from an associated oil/water separator so that if the processed effluent exceeds predetermined in-port or at-sea oil concentration limits, it is either recirculated to an associated oil/water separator via a ship's bilge for additional processing, or diverted to a holding tank for storage. On the other hand, if the oil concentration of the processed effluent is less than predetermined in-port or at-sea limits, it is discharged overboard.