DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE POLLUTION CONTAINMENT BARRIER FOR THE OPEN SEA

Describes the development and testing of the "Bottom-Tension" Boom. This design uses the towing or mooring forces of the deployed boom to assist in maintaining the boom skirt in a vertical orientation to maximize containment capability. Conceived for use in the open sea environment, this barrier is designed to survive in 20-foot waves, 2-knot currents and 60-knot winds. A 500-foot full-scale section of this boom has been sucessfully tested in the Santa Barbara Channel.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, held in Houston, Texas, May 1-3, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  45206
• Authors:
  • Cunningham, G R
  • Evon, J E
  • Chung, J S
• Conference:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference
  • Location: Houston TX
  • Date: 1972-5-1 to 1972-5-3
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 903-912
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Oil booms; Oil spill cleanup; Pollution control
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil containment; Oil recovery
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 1610 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM