REMOTE SAMPLER FOR DETERMINING RESIDUAL OIL CONTENTS OF SURFACE WATERS
A sample flow-through device has been developed which, in conjunction with a skimmer and pump, can process 100 to 200 liters or more of surface water, removing any oil present in a separate phase. Thus concentrated, the oil can be extracted at a laboratory, its quantity and nature determined, and when related to the volume of water processed through the sampler, provide oil concentration data on a time integrated basis. Key to the development of this device was identification of a sorbent material which would quantitatively remove oil from a moving water stream and permit simple extraction of that oil in a laboratory. A number of sorbent materials were examined with this apparatus and several were found effective. (Modified author abstract)
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Corporate Authors:
Naval Ship Research and Development Center
Washington, DC United States -
Authors:
- Schatzberg, P
- Jackson, D F
- Publication Date: 1972-11
Media Info
- Pagination: 30 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adsorption; Detectors; Expanded plastics; Foams; Mechanical analysis; Oil recovery equipment; Oil sorbents; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Oils; Performance; Samplers; Solvents; Water pollution
- Uncontrolled Terms: Oil separators; Solvent extraction
- Old TRIS Terms: Carbon tetrachloride; Cg; Isocyanate plastics; Liquid filters; Oil skimmers; Performance engineering; Remote sampling
- Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00048063
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM