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8110525 |
Method of preparing oil absorbing fibers
A method of preparing oil-absorbing fibers by: a) fully dissolving a dispersant and a deionized water in a reaction vessel, adding a methacrylate monomer and an initiator to a reactor and stirring...
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8101069 |
External filtering and absorbing device for use in a local containment area
An External Filtering and Absorbing Device for Use in a Local Containment Area contains filter material with a mesh size not less than 50 microns for removing contaminants from ballast or bilge...
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8034236 |
Storm water filter system having a floating skimmer apparatus
A floatable skimmer apparatus is movably attached in a storm water filter box with a pair of tracks attached in the housing chamber of the filter box. A floatable skimmer has a skimmer panel having...
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7914683 |
Particles of spilled oil-absorbing carbon in contact with water
Hydrogen generator coupled to or integrated with a fuel cell for portable power applications. Hydrogen is produced via thermocatalytic decomposition (cracking, pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon fuels in...
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7785035 |
Apparatus, system and method for collecting material from water system and uses of apparatus
The invention relates to an apparatus (20), a system and a method for collecting material from a water system, and the use of the apparatus (20) as an oil-combating device or rescue device. The...
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7780850 |
Water pollution prevention and remediation apparatus
A fluid pollution prevention system is provided for preventing the discharge of petrochemicals from a bilge of a marine vessel. The system may include either or both a locator and an absorber for...
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7736505 |
Water pollution prevention and remediation apparatus
A fluid pollution prevention system for preventing the discharge of hazardous waste from a bilge of a marine vessel, and removal of the same from the bilge. The system includes an absorber for...
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7468129 |
Oil-water separator
An oil-water separator for use in a trench, which surrounds an oilfield. The separator is positioned in the ground such that an inlet conduit extends at about the same level as the bottom of the...
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7413663 |
Water treatment apparatus and method
A water treatment apparatus includes a housing comprising multiple housing portions and a plurality of treatment sections disposed within the housing, each treatment section comprising at least one...
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7399411 |
Retainer assembly including buoyant retainer attached to remediation material and anchor
The present invention is directed to a retainer assembly for anchoring environmental containment and remediation materials in a desired location. The retainer assembly includes a buoyant retainer...
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7166221 |
Oil digesting microbe-plastic foam system
This invention is a system and method for bioremediation of hydrocarbon and organic pollution in fresh and salt water. Hydrocarbon and organic pollution digesting microbes are placed in a floating...
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7138055 |
Water pollution prevention and remediation apparatus
A fluid pollution prevention system for preventing the discharge of hazardous waste from a bilge of a marine vessel, and removal of the same from the bilge. The system includes an absorber for...
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6726837 |
Portable bilge water filter apparatus
A casing having an inlet positioned below the bilge water discharge outlet of a boat or ship aligns a generally U-configured pipe vertically, in which first and second open ends of the pipe are...
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6712957 |
Stationary bilge water filter apparatus
A casing having an inlet which receives oil-based contaminated bilge water is mounted on a boat or ship in aligning a generally U-configured pipe vertically, in which first and second open ends of...
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6673241 |
Self-floating cover system for a body of water
The present invention is directed to a foldable, self-floating cover system for a body of water. This invention is also directed to a method of using this cover on a body of water, and particularly...
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6372134 |
Cleaning device for removing oil
A cleaning device (1), which is attached to a collecting device comprising a body and wheels (3) in which device a V-shaped brush (2) secured to a belt (7) moves in a groove, whereby the brushes...
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6332737 |
Waterway pollution control apparatus
A portable pollution control apparatus designed to span a creek or other small waterway. The apparatus includes an adjustable length boom which extends across the creek; an elongated,...
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6312596 |
Absorbent bag
A bag, particularly adapted for absorbing hydrocarbons dispersed in smaller quantities of water, has a ball-like shaped body formed from oleophobic netting materials. The bag body includes a...
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6274046 |
Method and apparatus for collecting matter floating on a body of water
To collect oil or other matter floating on the surface of a body of water a collection vessel (11) having a collection compartment (A) is immersed in the water. A surface layer carrying the matter...
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6221243 |
Device for removing hydrocarbons from storm water
A hydrocarbon capturing device includes a retainer that is inserted into the end of an outlet pipe in a storm sewer catch basin. The retainer includes a ring that expands under a bias against the...
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6146529 |
Device for absorbing oil from water
Human hair is formed into a generally planar layer. The layer may comprise a center scrim to which the human hair is attached. The device is buoyant when saturated with oil and water. The device is...
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6103123 |
Aeration device and method for creating and maintaining facultative lagoon
A facultative lagoon, an airlift aerator for such a lagoon, and a method of operating such a lagoon. The aerator includes a U-shaped body with a down flow leg and an airlift leg and a float. The...
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6099723 |
Catchbasin systems for filtering hydrocarbon spills
A water- and oil-porous sack contains a hydrophobic, compliant, oil-absorbent, copolymer material arranged in a number of bodies that (a) are generally cylindrical, (b) are porous, (c) have at...
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6063274 |
Self leveling skimmer
A self-leveling skimmer attached to a boat is designed to remove a top surface layer of liquid while maintaining a constant position relative to the surface of the liquid layer. While maintaining a...
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6017452 |
Oil retention barrier with anti-splashing means
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5968354 |
Apparatus for recovering oil-based liquid
An apparatus for recovering an oil-based liquid from a body of liquid including the oil-based liquid. The apparatus includes a pair of cooperating rollers defining a nip therebetween, an endless...
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5961823 |
Oil coagulant products and methods of use therefor
Oil coagulant compositions, and methods of using such compositions to coagulate the oil that has been spilled on water are prepared from a thermal reaction utilizing an oil component selected from...
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5948266 |
Hand manipulable skimmer system for removing an oil sheen from the surface of a body of water
A portable liquid surface skimmer efficiently removes small spills of petroleum derivatives from the surface of water, and is useful, for example, on thin sheen spills of oil or gasoline, in...
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5922205 |
Suppression of the formation of colloidal suspensions between tanked fuel oil and sea water
Pretreated tubular members, preferably in the form of hollow fiber segments, and a method for suppressing the formation of a colloid of fuel oil in sea water or visa versa in a ballast/fuel oil...
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5902664 |
Adjustable skimmer belt
An improved adjustable skimmer belt having a belt of two layers at least one of which has an outer surface of non-absorbent oleophilic-oriented hydrophobic loop-type fibers, vertical and horizontal...
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5885451 |
Oil spill containment and recovery apparatus
An apparatus and method is disclosed for containment and recovery of water-insoluble liquids, e.g., oil, floating on water. The apparatus and method involves using a fibrous material coated or...
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5830281 |
Method for controlling and containing a liquid on a hard surface
A method for using a heretofore industrial waste material for the utilitarian purpose of controlling and containing a liquid on a hard surface. The method includes the steps of accumulating an...
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5779392 |
Systems for containing and collecting oil spills
A method for capturing ecologically harmful substances in the nature of hydrocarbons from the surface of a body of water or from the ground adjacent a landfill or waste dump or from a shoreline of...
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5730868 |
Reusable spill containment apparatus
The instant invention is a reusable housing for placement of petroleum absorbent polypropylene material within a chamber for placement in the bilge area of a boat. The polypropylene material is...
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5688074 |
Oil barrier
In order to control oil accidents and to prevent the oil film drifting on the water from spreading, an oil adsorber 1 is provided, in particular shaped as a barrier 2. This barrier 2 is designed in...
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5679247 |
Boom netting material for contamination containment
A spill retention boom is formed of a tubular mesh with an integral rib and filled with an absorbent material.
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5676839 |
Floatable oil and debris collection device
A device is provided in swimming pools, hot tubs, spas or the like for absorbing body and suntan oils, as well as capturing hair, dead insects and other debris commonly found in such systems. The...
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5643449 |
Apparatus for lifting oil-based liquid
An apparatus for recovering oil-based liquid from a body of liquid including a first layer of the oil-based liquid and a second layer of a second liquid having an interface with the first layer is...
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5591333 |
Modular shoreline oil spill barrier assembly
A barrier assembly is provided for protecting shorelines and structures adjacent shorelines from damage attributable to oil spills. The barrier assembly includes a flexible sheet material that is...
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5531890 |
Oil separation and disposal systems
Oil-separation and recovery from marine oil spills is carried out by a system which includes a containment boom, a weir and/or foil type skimmer, a separator unit and a second, fire proof...
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5468536 |
Sorbent articles
A microfibrous sorbent article is provided. The microfibrous sorbent article comprises an elongate boom having a substantially oval cross-section. The boom is formed of multiple adjacent...
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5466379 |
Method of removing oil and oil like environmental contaminants from water of ground surfaces
Oil and oil products are adsorbed with a three-dimensional lattice structure formed by coating individual glass fibers, assembling them and drying them at a temperature of about 150° C. so that ...
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5453191 |
Device for containing and absorbing oil spills on water
Human hair is present within a porous casing. Oil floating on water enters the porous casing whereupon the oil is absorbed by the human hair. Flotational material is mixed with the human hair or...
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5451325 |
Method for the removal of oil from oil spills
Relatively thin flexible sheets of oleophilic, hydrophobic substrates, such as polyethylene film, are used as the basis for sorbent media in novel methods for defending against oil spills....
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5429741 |
Sludge conditioning
Methods are described for treating sludge, e.g. biological and/or chemical sludge, with processed cellulose material combined with another material, e.g. a surface active agent, a detergent, a...
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5423985 |
Modular element for absorbing oily substances from surfaces of water bodies and purification system using such elements
A module for removing polluting agents from the surface of the sea consists of absorbent polyolefinic fibres enclosed inside a permeable sheath having a short-length bundle configuration with a...
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5403478 |
Oil-based fluid absorbent article
An oil-based article absorbs oil-based fluid on a surface. The article is made of a cloth and a flotation material encased in the cloth to assist in the absorption of oil-based fluid and the...
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5387341 |
Disk-type oil collector
The present invention relates to an improved disk-type oil collector which is provided with at least one alignment of oleophile disks. Each oleophile disk of the at least one alignment of oleophile...
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5380431 |
Oil recovery system
An apparatus for recovering oil spilled upon a body of water. Oil accumulators (10) having numerous open-ended cells (20) entrain spilled oil upon the surfaces (24, 26, 32) of the cells (20) when...
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5378371 |
Method of removing oil from water and apparatus therefor
An oil skimmer of the endless belt type is disclosed. The unit has an adjustment for adjusting the location of the axis of head pulley rotation and a floating tail pulley to assure accurate...
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