Patent ID: 9511308
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B01D

Claim Text:
1. An oil sludge mixing assembly for replacing an oil sludge separator in an oil refinery, the assembly comprising: a chamber having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall defining an interior space wherein said chamber is configured to hold a mixture comprising oil, water, and sludge in said interior space; an inlet coupled to and extending into said chamber wherein said inlet is configured for passing the mixture into said interior space of said chamber; an outlet coupled to and extending through said chamber wherein said outlet is configured for passing the mixture out of said interior space of said chamber, said outlet being positioned on and extending through said bottom wall of said chamber; a housing coupled to and positioned in said chamber; an arm coupled to said housing, said arm being extendable from said housing; a paddle coupled to said extendable arm wherein said paddle is moved linearly and parallel to said bottom wall within said interior space by said arm such that said paddle is configured for agitating the mixture in said interior space of said chamber; a lid coupled to said chamber; a blower coupled to said lid, said blower being in environmental communication with an exhaust for venting vapor from said chamber; said lid being magnetically coupled to said chamber; and a sensor coupled to said lid, said sensor detecting vapors within said interior space of said chamber, said sensor being operationally coupled to said blower for venting the vapors from said chamber when said sensor detects a vapor concentration over a threshold vapor concentration.