FIRE HAZARD FROM OIL SPILLS

Fire Hazard from oil spills in the North Sea oil terminal Sunderland, England, can be controlled by a 3 cm dia plastic or elastomeric tube which is strategically placed on the harbor bottom and has perforations on top through which a compressor forces air to create a bubble barrier on the water surface. The equipment was developed by Atlas Copco Ltd.

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag Chemie GmbH

  Bergstrasse
  Weinheim,   Germany 
• Publication Date: 1968-11-28

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. A166a
• Serial:
  • Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 21
  • Publisher: Verlag Chemie GmbH

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fire prevention; Fires; Oil spill cleanup; Pipeline safety; Protection; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill control
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056030
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM