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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Paul M. Ashline, Allentown, PA (US);
David Hon Sing Ying, Allentown, PA (US);
Tunc Goruney, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Xianming Jimmy LI, Orefield, PA (US);
Leighta Maureen Johnson, Allentown, PA (US);
Paul M. Ashline, Allentown, PA (US);
David Hon Sing Ying, Allentown, PA (US);
Tunc Goruney, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Xianming Jimmy Li, Orefield, PA (US);
Leighta Maureen Johnson, Allentown, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
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.