Patent ID: 7674373

Claim:
A buoyant immiscible pollutant remediation apparatus for use in a body of water comprising: a deck having a first end and a second end; a cryogenic fluid source adapted for providing a cryogenic fluid, the cryogenic fluid source supported by the deck; a cryogenic fluid dispenser structure coupled to the cryogenic fluid source and supported over the body water at a first end of the deck, the cryogenic fluid dispenser structure comprising at least one cryogenic fluid dispenser adapted for dispensing cryogenic fluid in a substantially condensed phase; a conveyor belt adapted to receive and transport at least some immiscible pollutant that was exposed to substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid by the cryogenic fluid dispenser structure, wherein the conveyor belt causes a belt to travel in a direction from the first end of the deck toward the second end of the deck; transport structure, disposed proximate to the second end of the deck, adapted for transporting the immiscible pollutant from the conveyor belt to the waste tank; a waste tank adapted for storing collected immiscible pollutant; one or more sensors disposed proximate to the immiscible pollutant adapted to generate one or more data signals; and a controller coupled to the sensors and cryogenic fluid source, wherein the controller is adapted to control the cryogenic fluid source in response to the one or more data signals.