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)

• 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