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Oil spill tests
all-terrain vacuum system
Spurred by challenges of
responding to spills in Alaska, Elastec/American Marine has
developed an innovative vacuum system that can be towed by
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
Elastec launched a new
range of versatile off-road oil spill response equipment at the
International Oil Spill Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Almost as
soon as this new machinery returned to the plant in Illinois it was
called into action. A spill from a ruptured crude oil pipeline had
found its way into a local lake.
Oil was concentrated in
an earth dam and recovered into a 110 gallon tracked-vacuum tank.
The walking beam suspension allows the equipment to traverse the
rough ground with ease. The system can reach sites inaccessible for
vacuum trucks. Its three-cylinder diesel engine drives a pump that
can generate over 300cfm of airflow and 15 inches of vacuum to suck
up oils, mud, sludge and other liquids. It is fitted with a safety
relief valve, cyclonic separator and exhaust. Both the vacuum pump
unit and tank are mounted on all-terrain tires with walking beam
suspension.
Web site:
www.elastec.com
This article appeared
in the October/November 2008 issue of MRO Today magazine. Copyright 2008.
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