Combustion of oil floating on water
US8366439B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/34
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for combusting oil from an oil-containing layer floating on water as from an oil spill or well leak. In the method, an oxygen-containing gas is passed through a conduit, the oxygen-containing gas from the conduit is introduced proximate the oil-containing layer floating on water, and oil from the oil-containing layer is combusted with the oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a flame. The oxygen-containing gas is introduced with an oxygen molar flow rate sufficient to decrease the opacity of a smoke plume from the combusting oil.
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