(19)
(11) EP 2 390 013 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.02.2013 Bulletin 2013/08

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/48

(21) Application number: 11168134.2

(22) Date of filing: 30.05.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B08B 9/093(2006.01)
 B08B 9/08(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 31.05.2010 SM 201000065

(71) Applicant: T.&A. S.A. - Tecnologie E Ambiente
Dogana 47891 (SM)

(72) Inventor:
  • Manzecchi, Marco
    47891 DOGANA (SM)

(74) Representative: Sandri, Sandro 
Europatent-Euromark Srl Via Locatelli, 20
37122 Verona
37122 Verona (IT)

   


(54) Equipment and method for the rapid decontamination of underground tanks used for the storage of liquid fuels


(57) Equipment for the rapid decontamination of underground tanks (11) used for the storage of liquid fuels, typically for storing hydrocarbons, where the equipment comprises a vehicle (10) comprising at least one storage tank (12), at least one transfer pump (13), at least one vacuum pump (14), and at least one dosing pump (15) for delivering, where required, a biocidal product (16) and which is connected by piping (17) to the tank (11) to enable the transfer of the liquid from the tank (11) to the storage tank (12) by using the pump (13), that is, via the piping (17) and connected to the tank (11) by piping (18) which carries on its end a sludge removal device (19), where the sludge removal device (19) also comprises a special tool (20) which has a truncated cone-shaped head with two suitably shaped slits which spray a jet at 360° covering the entire circumference of the tank surface.







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