Accession Number:

AD0760217

Title:

Remote Sampler for Determining Residual Oil Contents of Surface Waters.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL SHIP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER ANNAPOLIS MD

Personal Author(s):

• Schatzberg,Paul
• Jackson,Drew F.

Report Date:

1972-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

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

Descriptors:

• *WATER POLLUTION
• *MATERIAL SEPARATION
• OILS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• ADSORPTION
• LIQUID FILTERS
• SAMPLERS
• SOLVENT EXTRACTION
• CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
• EXPANDED PLASTICS
• FOAM

Subject Categories:

• Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE