Designing and Manufacturing of Oil Skimmer Bot

Designing and Manufacturing of Oil Skimmer Bot

Sahil Mahadev Jadhav, Kaustubh Sanjay Mahandule, Vaibhav Laxman Garje

Prof . Dr.G.S.Modak

Abstract: The oil skimmer serves to remove the floating oil from the fluid. The oil sits on the water since it has less density than water. Water molecules are more attracted to each other than that of oil since they don’t mix with each other. In this case, the skimming medium is a belt and a metal disc. The skimming medium passes over the surface of the water, bringing out oil with a small bit of water. The main purpose of this fabricated skimmer is to purify the water from various dirt oils. In comparison to more expensive treatments such as membrane filters and chemical treatments, the skimmer is more cost effective efficient as well and straightforward in construction. The oil is removed from the metal disc and belt through wiping blades. Over the last 40 years, there have been hundreds of big oil spills all over the world, most of them were caused by ship collisions. There are numerous strategies for dealing with an oil leak accident, the most successful of which is to use a mechanical oil skimmer with a disc plate. The efficacy of the oil skimmer in dealing with oil spills is determined by a number of elements, including the depth of the disk submerged or the disk surface area dipped into the oil spill, the area of the wiper sweep, the thickness of the oil on the disk surface, and the disk rotation speed. The findings of a small size experiment with a mechanical oil skimmer  are  presented  in  this  article. Diesel engine oil was utilized in the oil samples.