THE FEASIBILITY OF SURFACE-SKIMMING OIL COLLECTION DEVICES

Results are presented of theoretical and experimental investigations of the flow of a thin oil film into a large, converging-channel surface skimmer. Three flow regimes are described: the undisturbed thin slick, which may extend some distance into the skimmer, a captive pool of greatly increased thickness occupying most of the skimmer, and a region of critical flow in the skimmer throat. Feasibility of large-scale skimmer devices is established, based on small-scale laboratory models and numerical analysis. Configurations for the various regions of a skimmer are developed, and a design exercise based on an oil recovery rate of 200 tons per hour is worked out. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES

  CAMBRIDGE, MA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hoult, David P
  • Cross III, Ralph H
  • Milgram, Jerome H
• Publication Date: 1970-6-24

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Oil recovery equipment; Oil spill cleanup; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil skimmers
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-02346-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 13 1973 12:00AM