OIL SLICK CONTAINMENT ON COLLECTING DEVICES

Main engineering features of physical and pneumatic booms operating as oil containment devices in the open sea are discussed. The oil containing capacity of a pneumatic boom is limited by the power available to compress the air. It is suggested, through the results of preliminary experiments, that the containment capacity of physical booms ( barriers ) is limited by the effective depth of the boom. A brief review of the main types of collection systems in use ( roller and towed or pushed boom ) is given.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Hoult, David P
• Publication Date: 1969-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containing equipment; Oil booms; Oil spill cleanup
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil barriers; Oil containment systems; Oil spill control
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005544
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Publ 69-8
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1973 12:00AM