SLURRY-TYPE SLUDGE LIFTER

A sludge lifter developed by Mitsubishi to facilitate the troublesome work of lifting sludge in the tanks of oil tankers and ore/oil carriers is based on the application of slurry transport techniques to sludge lifting. The sludge sucked into a cleaner is immediately turned into slurry with high-pressure jet water and a vertical flow in the mixing chamber. The slurry is then discharged overboard by an eductor. Sludge lifting capacity is about 1 to 2 cu m/hr, weight of the cleaner, 3.5 kg. Whereas in a conventional system, six men in a tank plus four on deck, raise sludge at the rate of 1 cu m/hr, this new lifter requires only three or four men to achieve the same result.

• Corporate Authors:

  Terminus Publications Limited

  Speedway House, Quarry Hill Parade
  Tonbridge, Kent,   England 
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.
• Serial:
  • Tanker and Bulk Carrier
  • Issue Number: n1
  • Publisher: Terminus Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cleaning; Materials management; Pipeline transportation; Slurry; Storage tanks
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline economics; Slurry handling techniques; Tank cleaning
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015042
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM