Monday, June 28, 2010

UWG Professor's Innovative Oil Technology


As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, two local men are hoping to provide some assistance in cleaning up the oil-soaked ocean and beaches.

Dr. Ben DeMayo, professor emeritus of physics at the University of West Georgia, has developed and patented a system that heats and spins oil and sand, then allows about 80 percent of the oil to be drained from the sand. He has also recently used a high-velocity spinning technique to separate oil from water.


Read more:Times-Georgian - Residents want to put ideas to use in Gulf

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