Experimental investigation of the effect of prismatic roughness on the performance of belt skimmers in oil spill recovery applications

2021 6th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research (ICMERR) Pub Date : 2021-12-11 DOI:10.1109/ICMERR54363.2021.9680814

Mohammed Farid Khalil, Abdelrahman Amr Elmaradny, E. Lotfy

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Belt skimmers are one of the most widely used techniques in oil-spill recovery for several environmental reasons. This paper aims to illustrate the effect of prismatic artificial surface roughness on the known belt skimmer on its oil recovery rate (ORR). The experimental study was performed involving parameters such as belt inclination angle ranging from 30° to 90°, belt speed ranging from 39 cm/s to 160 cm/s and different oil properties to assess the effect of prismatic roughness on the belt skimmer ORR. The rough belt was found to increase the ORR at low inclination angles. The effect was dominant at highly viscous oils. Enhancement in the ORR due to roughness reached 42% for highly viscous oils at a low inclination angle of 30° and the high belt speed of 108 cm/s. This enhancement decreased gradually with the increase in inclination angle until it reaches an inversion point function of the belt speed beyond which the enhancement effect due to roughness fades gradually. For low viscous oils, the rough belt didn't increase the ORR and had an adverse effect on the belt skimmer performance.

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溢油回收中棱柱形粗糙度对带式掠油器性能影响的实验研究

由于一些环境原因，带式撇油器是溢油回收中应用最广泛的技术之一。本文旨在说明已知带式撇油器的棱柱形人工表面粗糙度对其采收率的影响。在带倾角为30°~ 90°、带速为39 cm/s ~ 160 cm/s、不同油品性质等参数下进行了实验研究，以评估棱柱形粗糙度对带式掠油器ORR的影响。在低倾角时，粗带增加了ORR。这种效应在高粘度油品中占主导地位。在低倾角为30°、高带速为108 cm/s的情况下，粗糙度对高粘度油的ORR的提高达到42%。随着倾角的增加，这种增强作用逐渐减弱，直到达到带速的反转点函数，超过该函数后，粗糙度的增强作用逐渐减弱。对于低黏度油，粗带不但没有提高ORR，反而对带式撇油器的性能有不利影响。

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