公开(公告)号：US12054406B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17881406

申请日：2022-08-04

申请人： THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： Eui-Hyeok Yang ,  Jian Xu ,  Wei Xu ,  Brendan Englot ,  Chang-Hwan Choi

IPC分类号： C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/28 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C02F101/32 ,  C02F103/00

CPC分类号： C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/285 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C02F2101/32 ,  C02F2103/007 ,  C02F2301/08 ,  C02F2303/16 ,  C02F2305/04 ,  C02F2305/08

摘要： Smart membranes (14) are integrated into a small, unmanned surface vessel (20) to enable the efficient, automated cleanup of oil spills. Such a vessel (20) has the potential to provide a low-cost, modular solution for day-to-day oil-spill cleanup operations, especially in confined aquatic areas, such as under piers and in the small spaces between marine vessels and piers. The smart membranes (14) are provided on the surface of a conveyor belt (34) that circulates the membranes (14) through the surrounding body of water (10) for oil collection, as well as through an internal reduction chamber (22) of the vessel (20) for oil release. The smart membranes (14) are adapted to attract and repel oil (12) in response to low-voltage commands applied across the conveyor belt (34), using a process that is repeatable for a number of cycles, offering high efficiency and long durability (FIG. 5).

公开(公告)号：US20200331776A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16766066

申请日：2018-12-04

申请人： THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： Eui-Hyeok Yang, JR. ,  Jian Xu ,  Wei Xu ,  Brendan Englot ,  Chang-Hwan Choi

IPC分类号： C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/28

摘要： Smart membranes (14) are integrated into a small, unmanned surface vessel (20) to enable the efficient, automated cleanup of oil spills. Such a vessel (20) has the potential to provide a low-cost, modular solution for day-to-day oil-spill cleanup operations, especially in confined aquatic areas, such as under piers and in the small spaces between marine vessels and piers. The smart membranes (14) are provided on the surface of a conveyor belt (34) that circulates the membranes (14) through the surrounding body of water (10) for oil collection, as well as through an internal reduction chamber (22) of the vessel (20) for oil release. The smart membranes (14) are adapted to attract and repel oil (12) in response to low-voltage commands applied across the conveyor belt (34), using a process that is repeatable for a number of cycles, offering high efficiency and long durability (FIG. 5).

公开(公告)号：US11407657B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16766066

申请日：2018-12-04

申请人： THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： Eui-Hyeok Yang, Jr. ,  Jian Xu ,  Wei Xu ,  Brendan Englot ,  Chang-Hwan Choi

IPC分类号： C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/28 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C02F101/32 ,  C02F103/00

摘要： Smart membranes (14) are integrated into a small, unmanned surface vessel (20) to enable the efficient, automated cleanup of oil spills. Such a vessel (20) has the potential to provide a low-cost, modular solution for day-to-day oil-spill cleanup operations, especially in confined aquatic areas, such as under piers and in the small spaces between marine vessels and piers. The smart membranes (14) are provided on the surface of a conveyor belt (34) that circulates the membranes (14) through the surrounding body of water (10) for oil collection, as well as through an internal reduction chamber (22) of the vessel (20) for oil release. The smart membranes (14) are adapted to attract and repel oil (12) in response to low-voltage commands applied across the conveyor belt (34), using a process that is repeatable for a number of cycles, offering high efficiency and long durability (FIG. 5).

公开(公告)号：US20230025974A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17881406

申请日：2022-08-04

申请人： THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： Eui-Hyeok Yang ,  Jian Xu ,  Wei Xu ,  Brendan Englot ,  Chang-Hwan Choi

IPC分类号： C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/28

摘要： Smart membranes (14) are integrated into a small, unmanned surface vessel (20) to enable the efficient, automated cleanup of oil spills. Such a vessel (20) has the potential to provide a low-cost, modular solution for day-to-day oil-spill cleanup operations, especially in confined aquatic areas, such as under piers and in the small spaces between marine vessels and piers. The smart membranes (14) are provided on the surface of a conveyor belt (34) that circulates the membranes (14) through the surrounding body of water (10) for oil collection, as well as through an internal reduction chamber (22) of the vessel (20) for oil release. The smart membranes (14) are adapted to attract and repel oil (12) in response to low-voltage commands applied across the conveyor belt (34), using a process that is repeatable for a number of cycles, offering high efficiency and long durability (FIG. 5).

公开(公告)号：US20220177331A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17681581

申请日：2022-02-25

申请人： THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： Eui-Hyeok Yang ,  Ronald Besser ,  Jian Xu ,  Wei Xu ,  Brendan Englot ,  Chang-Hwan Choi

IPC分类号： C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/28

摘要： Smart membranes are integrated into a small, unmanned surface vessel to enable the efficient, automated cleanup of oil spills. Such a vessel has the potential to provide a low-cost, modular solution for day-to-day oil-spill cleanup operations, especially in confined aquatic areas (e.g., under piers or in the small spaces between marine vessels and piers). The membranes are provided on the surface of a conveyor belt that circulates the membranes through the surrounding body of water for oil collection, as well as through an internal reduction chamber of the vessel for oil release. The smart membranes are adapted to attract and repel oil in response to low-voltage commands applied across the conveyor belt, using a process that is repeatable for a number of cycles, offering high efficiency and long durability. Segments of the conveyor belt can be electrically isolated from one another to allow disparate electrical potentials to be imposed thereon.