WO1991017321A1 - Oil recovery system and apparatus - Google Patents
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- WO1991017321A1 WO1991017321A1 PCT/CA1991/000153 CA9100153W WO9117321A1 WO 1991017321 A1 WO1991017321 A1 WO 1991017321A1 CA 9100153 W CA9100153 W CA 9100153W WO 9117321 A1 WO9117321 A1 WO 9117321A1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
- E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
- E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
- E02B15/10—Devices for removing the material from the surface
- E02B15/106—Overflow skimmers with suction heads; suction heads
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
- Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
- Y02A20/204—Keeping clear the surface of open water from oil spills
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S210/00—Liquid purification or separation
- Y10S210/918—Miscellaneous specific techniques
- Y10S210/922—Oil spill cleanup, e.g. bacterial
- Y10S210/923—Oil spill cleanup, e.g. bacterial using mechanical means, e.g. skimmers, pump
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- the present invention relates to the recovery of liquid hydrocarbons from spills principally in marine environments, rivers or lakes. More particularly, the invention relates to an apparatus for collecting and separating liquid hydrocarbons from water in the event of an oil spill, and a system fpr employing such apparatus and storing the collected liquid hydrocarbons.
- Oil spills cause severe environmental damage.
- offshore drilling and oil production and crude oil shipping reach ever increasing magnitudes and ever more sensitive environments, rapid response to oil spills is of increasing importance. Rapid containment and recovery of a spill is critical to minimize environmental damage and cleanup costs.
- existing systems have insufficient capacity, require too much time to deploy, and are ineffective in adverse wea ⁇ ther, rough seas or conditions of limited visibility such as fog or night-time.
- a central element of any oil spill cleanup system is an apparatus for "skimming" and separating oil from the water. This is typically done using conventional weir or disc skimmers. However existing skimmers have too little capacity, are too slow and difficult to deploy to be effective particularly for large oil spills, and are limited in the environmental conditions under which they can operate effectively.
- the present invention provides an apparatus for collecting and separating liquid hydrocarbons from the surface of a body of water comprising: a) a housing forming an interior space for receiving a volume of liquid and
- the apparatus may also include an liquid hydrocarbons-water separator mounted in said housing, and connected to means for discharging separated liquid hydrocarbons from the housing to a means for storage of recovered separated liquid hydrocarbons.
- the invention further provides a method of collecting liquid hydrocarbons from the surface of water, and separating the liquid hydrocarbons from the water comprising: a) providing a floating liquid hydrocarbons collection and separation apparatus as described above, floating liquid hydrocarbons retention boom means and floating liquid hydrocarbons storage means; b) moving said liquid hydrocarbons boom means to contain the liquid hydrocarbons; c) moving the liquid hydrocarbons collection and separation apparatus into the contained liquid h- ydrocarbons and operating the apparatus to separate the liquid hydrocarbons from the water; and d) pumping the separated liquid hydrocarbons into the floating liquid hydrocarbons storage means.
- the liquid hydrocarbons boom means, liquid hydrocarbons collection and separation apparatus and liquid hydrocarbons storage means may be dropped onto the surface of water from the air in one embodiment, or by ship or tractor-trailer.
- FIG. 1 is an elevation view, in partial section, of the liquid hydrocarbons collection and separation ap- paratus in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a plan view, with the canopy removed, along direction 1-1 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an end view, along direction 2-2 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 is a detail elevation view of the inlet funnel and articulated arm with a fuel tank removed and cladding plates partially broken away;
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a first liquid hydrocarbons spill recovery system incorporating an airplane-deployable version of the apparatus of the present invention in operation in the early stages of a typical oil spill cleanup operation;
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second oil spill recovery system incorporating a number of the ap- paratus of the present invention in operation at a later stage of a large oil spill cleanup operation.
- FIGS. 1 through 4 show the overall configuration of the liquid hydrocarbons collection and separation ap ⁇ paratus 10 in accordance with the present invention.
- the apparatus 10 includes generally a frame 11, a canopy 12, flotation tanks 13, an enclosed power-pack 14, fuel tanks 15, a power-pack breather tube 16, a power-pack exhaust
- the power pack 14 is diesel powered, in which case the tanks 15 hold diesel fuel, it is apparent that other sources of power such as gasoline or electricity may be used.
- solid polymer fuel cells utiliz ⁇ ing cryogenic oxygen and hydrogen as fuel may also be used instead of a diesel powered internal combustion engine.
- Tanks 15 may be inflatable to preseve the buoyancy of the vehicle.
- the power pack 14 provides hydraulic power to the various devices.
- a first thruster 18 has been deployed downwardly into operative position in Figure 1 on a verti ⁇ cal guide by cylinder 20. It can be rotated horizontally through 360 degrees.
- a second thruster 18 remains in the recessed position in Figure 1.
- Sensors 26 are standard capacitance-measuring level sensors of existing design.
- Centrifugal separator 33 is preferably of the type disclosed in United States Patent No. 4,859,347 issued August 22, 1989 to Simon et al.
- frame 11 is a struc ⁇ ture, comprised of welded tubing, of a generally box-like nature, to which are attached by mechanical fastener means the flotation tanks 13, the power-pack system elements 14, 16 and 17, the fuel tanks 15, the thruster systems elements 18, 19 and 20, the high-pressure water spray system ele ⁇ ments 21, 22 and 23, the liquid hydrocarbons/water collec ⁇ tion funnel system elements 24 to 30, the liquid hydrocar-
- the converging funnel 24 has from three to six
- the flotation tanks 25 are cylindrical, having a vertical axis 51, and are of such radius at the water level 200 that they provide minimal impedance to the flow of liquid hydrocar ⁇ bons and water over the funnel lip 52. Their purpose is to maintain the plane of the funnel lip 52 parallel to the surface of the water. They have sufficient flotation that they provide sufficient buoyancy to maintain the level of the funnel when the funnel 24 is submerged to its antici ⁇ pated maximum or minimum depth.
- the opening of funnel 24 is preferably covered with a wire mesh (not shown) , with square mesh spacings approximately 10 centimeters across, which acts as a second stage debris barrier.
- a mesh-clean ⁇ ing metal bar (not shown) can be pivotally attached at one point onlip 52 of funnel 24 in order to scrape over the top surface of the mesh in a fashion similar to an automobile windshield wiper.
- the wiping or sweeping action of the mesh-cleaning bar would be power-operated and would serve to break up agglomerations of highly-viscous oil and force the oil through the mesh into funnel 24.
- the surface of the mesh-cleaning bar may be coated with a liquid hydrocarbons- inert synthetic material having a low co-efficient of friction.
- the funnel 24 is formed of a lip 52 that connects to a conically converging interior surface 53 that in turn connects to the anterior part of a generally cylindrical throat portion 54, which has a series of small holes 55 radially disposed about the central axis of the funnel.
- SUBSTITUTE Said holes 55 allow, when the apparatus is initially placed in the water, to recover liquid hydrocarbons from a spill, water to flow from the exterior of the funnel 24 to the interior, said water then filling the flexible hose 30 and flooding the suction intake port 92 of the centrifugal pump 31.
- the holes 55 are sized so that the flow rate of water through the holes is insignificant in comparison with the total flow rates of liquid hydrocarbons and water over the funnel lip 52 when the apparatus of the present invention is in full operation.
- the posterior part of the throat 54 is connected to a flange 56.
- Substantially adjacent the flange 56 and extending to the outer diameter of the flange 56 are two “bosses" (not shown) , diametrically opposed, at right angles to the center line 70 of the articulated arm 29 and each capable of receiving one end of a pin 57.
- Vertical baffle plates radiating outwardly from funnel 24 may be positioned submerged or partially submerged below the water level on frame 11 to prevent surface backwash effect in the liquid hydrocarbons.
- the articulated arm 29 is comprised of a cylindrical metal tube or shaft 71, a bearing assembly 72 attached to one end of tube 70 such that the centerline of the bearing assembly 72 is at right angles to the center line 70 of the shaft 71, a bearing assembly 69 at the other end of the shaft 71 with the center line of bearing assemb ⁇ ly 69 parallel to center line 70, two pins 57, and a U- shaped yoke element 74 comprised of a stub shaft 59 and two arms 58.
- the stub shaft 59 is affixed to the midpoint of the U-shaped yoke element 74 with the shaft center line lying substantially in the plane defined by the arms 58.
- the stub shaft 59 extends in a direction opposed to the general direction of the arms 58, and mates with the bearing assembly 69, and is mechanically retained therein, the bearing assembly 69 and stub shaft 59 in combination providing a rotating joint for the articulated arm 29.
- Means are provided for fixing pins 57 at the ends of the yoke arms 58, said pins mating with the bosses and securing
- the yoke element 74 therefore provides the two degrees of freedom required to have the funnel gimballed at the end of the articulated arm 29.
- Two lugs 67 are fixed to the frame 11, each lug 67 having a hole sized to accept one end of a pin 68 with center line in the horizontal plane, said pin passing through the bearing assembly 72, the combination of lugs 67, pin 68 and bearing assembly 72 providing a joint allowing rotation of the articulated arm 29, yoke element 74 and funnel 24 in a vertical plane.
- the said rotation about the center line of the pin 68 is controlled by a hydraulic cylinder 27, the rod end clevis 75 of which is rotatably joined by pivot pin 61 to the eye bracket 60 which is fixed to the tube 71 at a point between the bearing assemblies 72 and 69.
- Two mounting lugs 63 are fixed to the frame 11, and the hydraulic cylinder 27 is rotatably joined to the lugs 63 by pivot pins 62, in what is termed a "trunnion mount".
- the center line of the hydraulic cylinder 27 is at a right angle to the center line of the pins 62 and 68.
- the entire assembly of funne.l 34, yoke element 74, articulated arm 29 and hydraulic cylinder 27 is designed to allow a vertical range of motion for the funnel 24 of greater than sixty centimetres relative to the frame 11, and to allow an angular range of motion for the plane formed by lip 52 of funnel 24 of greater than 25 degrees from the horizontal in any direction.
- the package of electronic air/liquid hydrocar ⁇ bons/water level sensors 26 is fixed to the periphery 50 of the funnel 24, and by means of the electrical cable 80 communicates with the electronic control module 36.
- Control signals generated by the electronic control module 36 are sent via electrical cable 81 to an electro-hydraulic motor/pump/valving system 64, which communicates with and
- S UBSTITUT controls the extension of the hydraulic cylinder 27 by means of hydraulic lines 65 and 66 and thus the depth of funnel 24 relative to the level of the water surface and relative to the oil-water interface level.
- the flexible hose 30 has fluid-tight connec ⁇ tions, at one end with flange 90, and at the other end with flange 91.
- the flange 90 is joined by mechanical means to the flange 56, forming a fLuid-tight connection
- the flange 91 is joined by mechanical means to the suction port 92 of the centrifugal pump 31, forming a fluid-tight connection.
- Flexible hose 30 thus forms a fluid passage for transporting spilled liquid hydrocarbons and water from the funnel 24 to the suction port 92.
- Centrifugal pump 31 is powered by a conventional variable-speed hydraulic motor whose speed is controlled by the oil/water level detection system 26 and control module 36 and may also be controlled by a flow meter installed in line with the pump.
- a pipe section Prior to the suction port 92 of the centrifugal pump there may be a pipe section (not shown) containing a diverter valve (or some mechanical means of diverting solids contained in the intake oil/water mixture) providing two outlet ports in a "Y" configuration, one outlet port connecting to the centrifugal pump and the other outlet port to a debris collection or holding chamber (no shown) which connects to a debris grinding chamber (not shown) containing two mechanical grinders with cutting blades of the preferred type known by the trade name "DWS 3000 Channel", or other similar conventional grinders.
- the diverting and grinding mechanisms are activated when excessive debris (e.g.
- the grinding chamber outlet port is connected by pressure- and fluid- tight means to a booster pump and conventional filter
- the diverter vlve may be operated manually or automati ⁇ cally by the electronic control module 36 from signals received from a conventional solids detection device.
- the centrifugal pump 31 is fixed by mechanical means to the frame 11.
- the discharge port 94 of the centrifugal pump 31 is joined by mechanical means to the oil/water centrifugal separator inlet distribution piping
- Piping or tubing 34 is connected by fluid- and pressure-tight means to the liquid hydrocarbons discharge port 96 of the liquid hydrocarbons/water separator 33, and is in fluid- and pressure-tight communication with a floating, inflatable oil collection and storage tank 35 (shown in FIG. 5) .
- a high pressure water spray pump 23 is fixed by mechanical means to the frame 11. Said pump 23 is operable by means of the action of the hydraulic motor 102, the source of water for the pump 23 being the environment. The water enters the pump 23 through the hydraulic pump suction port screen 103 and suction port 100. Piping 21 is con ⁇ nected by pressure- and fluid-tight means to the discharge port 101 of the pump 23 and by mechanical means to the frame 11.
- a multiplicity of removable spray nozzles 22 are installed along the piping 21 by fluid- and pressure-tight means, said nozzles 22 being arranged to each spray a fan- shaped jet of high-pressure water toward the center of the oil/water intake funnel 24, from an elevation of about 10 inches above the design water line 200 and at an angle of about 25 to 35 degrees to the water surface, sufficient nozzles being installed to cause the fan-shaped sprays to overlap prior to impact at the water surface.
- SUBSTITUTE of the frame 11 is attached to the frame 11 by mechanical means, and provides protection from large waves for the components of the apparatus.
- the canopy also serves the function of reducing excess water from entering the oil/water intake funnel 24 in rough seas or when a large wave breaks over the apparatus.
- the frame 11 is generally covered by removable cladding plate members 110 which together act as a hull, the plates extending over the external portions of the frame bottom and a portion of the sides, the side plates 110 having a maximum upper vertical edge 111 at the four oil/water inlet areas several centimetres below the design water line 200.
- the hull cladding plates 110 are installed in a manner to allow the extension of the thruster systems, items 18 to 20, below the lowest portion of the frame 11 to the operating position of the thrusters. All of the connections between the frame 11 and plates 110 are fluid- tight, said plates being removable by bolts or the like for the purposes of inspection and maintenance of the apparatus 10.
- An opening 122 in the bottom of the hull, bottom plate 110 allows for two water extraction pumps 120, operable by means of the action of a hydraulic motor 121, to discharge water from the volume enclosed by the frame 11 and hull plates 110 to the environment at large.
- the ultimate source of the water to be discharged is the environment at large external to the apparatus, said water flowing into the enclosed volume of the frame 11 in the areas between the water line 200 and the top edges 111 of the side cladding plates 110 through four main entry areas, one on each side of the apparatus between flotation tanks 13, and at either end of the apparatus.
- the upper edges 11 are formed on separate plates, the height of edges 111 can be manually adjusted and secured using bolts or the like.
- the total cross-sectional area of the four external oil/water entry areas can be manually adjusted to
- An enclosed, fluid and pressure-tight electronics module 36 contains the electronic hardware and software for operating the systems of the apparatus 10 in a coordinated manner to achieve the efficient and expeditious operation of the apparatus 10 in recovering spilled liquid hydrocar ⁇ bons and other likewise immiscible substances from the water surface.
- both liquid hydrocar ⁇ bons and water flow over the lip 52 through the wire mesh and down the funnel surface 53 toward the funnel throat 54, and thence through the flexible hose 30 toward the suction port 92.
- the water surface within a circle circumscribing the flotation tanks 25 is rarely a plane surface and usually has an average slope inclined to the horizontal.
- the average depth of the funnel lip below the water surface is controlled in con- tinuous fashion by the action of the hydraulic cylinder 27, in turn controlled by the action of the electro-hydraulic motor/pump/valving package 64, in turn controlled by the
- the liquid hydrocarbons and water discharged through the discharge port 94 of the centrifugal pump 31 passes into the separator inlet distribution piping 32, and thence into the separator 33 via the inlet ports 95.
- the separator acts to separate the liquid hydrocarbons and water, the water being discharged to the environment at large through the water extraction pumps 120, and the liquid hydrocarbons being conducted by means of piping 34 to the flexible oil storage tank 35.
- the high pressure water jet system may be activated or de-activated automatically by the electronic control module 36 which receives the corresponding command signal from the oil/water level sensor 26 or by radio-
- SUBSTITUTE SHE transmitted signals from a helicopter, boom boat or support ship (described further below) .
- the operation of the water exhaust pumps 120 causes water from the surrounding environment to flow into the volume enclosed by the frame 11, over the edge 111 of hull cladding plates 110 at each of the four external oil/water inlet areas.
- An obstacle detection sonar package 130 known as a multiple transducer eco-sounder obstacle avoidance system, preferably using 8 to 12 transducers located around the hull of the vehicle, is also provided to allow the device to avoid colliding with large underwater obstacles, reefs, rocks, sand bars, ocean floor etc.
- FIG. 5 and 6 illustrate two airborne oil spill containment and recovery systems utilizing the liquid hydrocarbons recovery apparatus of the invention.
- an oil tanker 300 is shown as having run aground on
- each airborne deployable component of the system would be dropped from much greater height (over 300 metres) by means of appropriate conventional drop parachutes.
- Self-inflating conventional oil spill containment booms 310 such as those sold under the trade-mark ZOOOM BOOM and/or 3M FIRE BOOM, are deployed from aircraft 308 using parachutes and roll- on, roll-off ejection systems.
- High-impact-resistant "boom boats” 312 are also deployed using parachutes. Weighing roughly 4 to 6 tons each, the boom boats 312 are designed to withstand high-speed impact with the surface of the water.
- the boom boats are operated by crew members lowered into the boat by helicopter 314.
- the boom boats are operated by remote control to robotically hook up to the containment booms 310, and tow them into the desired positions at a safe distance from tanker 300 or from the shore..
- the self- propelled, remote-controlled oil spill recovery vehicle (ROV) 10 of the invention is also airborne deployable using parachute 305.
- the cargo aircraft 308 may also be equipped with a roll-on roll-off oil spill dispersant delivery or spraying system such as that sold under the trademark ADDS- PAC of Beigert Aviation or similar systems of Conair Aviation or Aerounion Inc.
- the air-borne-deployable boom boats 312 may be of a design similar toboats known as "oil spill skimming vessels". Such boats may be equipped with water jet propulsion systems of the type sold under the trademark SCHOTTEL.
- a conventional hydrocarbon remote sensing system such as that of MacDonald Dettwiler sold under the trade-
- Helicopter 314 may be installed on helicopter 314 and can be used interfaced with a conventional dynamic positioning system to control the remote control boom boats 312 and liquid hydrocarbons recovery vehicle 10.
- Helicopter 314 may also be used for deployment of an approved oil spill ignition and in situ burning system such as that sold under the trademark HELI-TORCH.
- the helicopter may also be used to deploy an approved oil spill dispersant (or hydrocarbon emulsifier) spraying system such as that sold by CONAIR AVIATION.
- Helicopter 314 is used also for directing the low-level precision air drops and for delivery of crews to boom boats 312.
- Helicopter 314 may also be equipped with a remote-controlled self-righting overboard survivor rescue system such as that sold under the trademark JET NET or similar system.
- An airborne-deployable liquid hydrocarbons storage device 35 consists of a floating expandable flexi- ble storage tank constructed of inter-polymer ethylene alloys.
- One airborne system would consist of several airborne-deployable storage tanks which would preferably have a combined capacity on the order of 450,000 gallons (10,000 barrels).
- the liquid hydrocarbons recovery vehicles 10 supply recovered liquid hydrocarbons directly to the storage tanks 35, and again in the preferred system the navigation and hook-up is achieved either manually by crew or by remote control as previously described.
- support ship 320 in addition to the primary oil/water separation in each oil recovery ROV, support ship 320 is also equipped with a conventional water purification system to purify the separated water before returning it to the environment.
- the recovered, separated oil is transferred from large oil holding tanks on board ship 320 by conventional high- volume "in-line” centrifugal oil pumps of the type sold under the trademarks SULZER BINGHAM or BYRON JACKSON to floating tanks 35.
- the oil recovery ROV vehicles 10 are attached to the support/processing ship by floating flexible conventional high-pressure oil hoses. Each recovery vehicle has suffi- cient hose to reach in any direction up to approximately 250 m.
- the recovery ROV's are deployed from the ship by an overhead conventional hanging rail system and mechanical- hydraulic cranes preferably of the "gantry" type.
- the hose for each oil recovery ROV is deployed by a vertically- mounted, hydraulically-operated drum in such a manner that the flow of oil is uninterrupted as the ROV is propelled to or from the ship.
- the system herein described can be operated in a mode similar to the firehall response to a fire alarm.
- the airborne elements of the system are kept on alert at an airport convenient to the oil tanker coastal shipping lane.
- the system can thus be deployed faster than existing systems and in conditions which do not allow the deployment /operation of known systems.
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