Patent ID: 7833416
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B09C,C02F,E02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for removing hydrocarbon liquid and hydrocarbon associated particulate from a body of water using an agitating sucking microbe and expelling boom, the method comprising: a. attaching an agitating sucking microbe and expelling boom to a floating vessel, wherein the agitating sucking microbe and expelling boom comprises an agitator tubular with agitator openings, a sucker tubular with sucker openings, a microbe tubular with microbe openings, and an expelling air tubular with expelling air openings; b. disposing the agitating sucking microbe and expelling boom in the body of water; c. flowing compressed air into the agitator tubular and out of the agitator openings to agitate a first layer of material on a bed of the body of water; d. providing a vacuum pressure to the sucker tubular to draw the first layer of material into the sucker openings and to flow the first layer of material through the sucker tubular to a separator; e. separating the hydrocarbon liquid and hydrocarbon associated particulate from the first layer of material using the separator, forming a separated hydrocarbon liquid and hydrocarbon associated particulate and a separated water, and exposing a second layer of material on the bed of the body of water; f. flowing a plurality of microbes into the microbe tubular and out of the microbe openings proximate the second layer of material; and g. flowing compressed air into the expelling air tubular and out of the expelling air openings proximate the second layer of material to provide oxygen to at least a portion of the body of water.