© Валерий Доронин TOMSK, Jul 03 – RIA
Tomsk. Employees of the biological institute of Tomsk State University (BI TSU) received four patents for devices for cleaning water
objects from oil and petroleum products; devices can clean not only lakes and
swamps, but also streams and rivers with a strong current, the press service of
the university reports on Monday.
Earlier it was reported that the employees of the BI
TSU concluded a contract with JSC Samotlorneftegaz (enters the Rosneft Group of
Companies) within the framework of pilot-industrial tests for cleaning bottom
sediments polluted with oil products on the lake in the Nizhnevartovsk region
of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra.
"The technology which is currently used on the
rivers and streams allows to collect oil only on their surface <...> (In
this case - Ed.) a significant part of the oil assemblies is in the water
column and on the bottom. Our device allows us to provide air bubbling barrier
across the entire width of the watercourse and prevent further movement of
pollutants", - the director of the BI TSU is quoted in the message.
© Валерий Доронин, пресс-служба мэрии Томска
Patent of the BI TSU was obtained for installation
from the compressor and weighted perforated hose with a large number of
perpendicular leads. In the water column, it forms an air bubble barrier, oil
products from the bottom rise to the surface where they are collected. The
facility already undergone experimental testing, in 2018 it is planned to
conduct its pilot-industrial tests in the territory of the LUKOIL-Komi company
activities.
Three more patents, the press service clarifies, are
obtained for inventions designed to improve the efficiency of collecting
petroleum products.