Mavi Deniz Bitumen Skimmer is a vessel-mounted, high-performance skimmer system with rigid stainless steel for recovering floating heavy oil spills on the water and sea surface. The high performance of the Bitumen Skimmer maintains work in thick oil slicks.
Although weir skimmers with positive displacement screw pumps may have some effect as long as the bitumen (including a
large amount of water) flows into the hopper, these skimmers will face the same problems with larger concentrations and layers of bitumen as they do with heavy oil. Both bitumen and heavy oil will have difficulties floating over the inlet weir and into the hopper. Consequently, the Mavi Deniz Bitumen oil skimmer can effectively address the issue.
The design allows for easy and safe deployment of the Bitumen Skimmer to integrate any vessel. The inclined belt oil skimmer can be mounted on the vessel’s bow or side and operated by portable hydraulic power.
Bitumen oil skimmer constructed from a mesh allows water to drain through and encourages oil adhesion. The oil is lifted on board and scraped off to storage. The Bitumen Oil Skimmer also incorporates debris removal and handling arrangements to allow operation in non-ideal conditions. The recovered oil contains less than 3% free water. Recovery capacity improves as oil viscosity increases, and the system can collect large pieces of floating oil, seaweed, and debris.
The success of the inclined belt oil skimmer in the Bitumen Oil Skimmer’s extremely high performance and collection of a wide range of soil types and a wide range of operating conditions. The critical feature of the bitumen oil skimmer is its ability to manage and separate the oil in a single operation.
The working speed of an oil skimmer boat with the bow collector skimmer is up to 4 knots; the operating speed varies with the sea conditions. The size of the Bow Collector Skimmer, the hardness level of the brushes, and the size of the oil skimmer boats can be arranged for the customer’s needs.
Features
- Bitumen Oil Skimmer, Ideal for operations in Oil Spill Response, Vessel of Opportunity Oil Skimming System (VOSS) at nearshore, Harbor, Coastal, Offshore, Deploy from workboat, barge, tugboat, and supply vessel.
- High efficiency, up to 98% recovery
- All oil (medium to Heavy Oils) with a viscosity of up to 3,000,000 cSt
- Oil Recovery Rate: 30/50/100/200/300
- Debris Grinder
- Fast & Simple Deployment & Operations
- Rugged all-aluminum construction, powder-coated