TEST OF COAST GUARD DEVELOPED HIGH SEAS OIL RECOVERY SYSTEMS AT EPA OHMSETT

This report summarizes the full scale tank testing of Coast Guard developed High Seas Oil Recovery Systems which was conducted at the Environmental Protection Agency's Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (EPA OHMSETT) in Leonardo, New Jersey. The tests were conducted during July through September of 1974. The objectives of the tests were: (1) to obtain quantitative and qualitative measures of performance for the Lockheed High Seas Oil Recovery System HSORS and the Ocean Systems Oil Recovery System 1000 (ORS 1000) and (2) to develop a standard test plan for the testing of oil skimmers. The tests were controlled and instrumented so as to give data on the oil recovery rate, oil recovery efficiency, and thruput efficiencies attained over a wide range of conditions. A description of the test apparatus, the standard test plan employed, the instrumentation used, and the data reduction and analysis are included in the report. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Chang, W J
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 129 p.

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128220
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-101-75 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1975 12:00AM