High current diversionary oil-boom

Patent · Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5301433

Tsahalis, D T

This patent describes a method for skimming and diverting a floating liquid pollutant on a water surface, comprising: providing at least two buoyant members spaced apart and describing a capture area; providing a substantially water and pollutant impermeable membrane disposed between the buoyant members defining a capture volume which has an increasing cross-sectional area in the direction of the open end, the capture volume directing the pollutant to a collection area; directing the pollutant into the capture area by maintaining a current velocity relative to the buoyant members; and, maintaining a constant mean flow velocity throughout the capture volume such that an increasingly larger thickness of the pollutant collects within the capture volume in the direction of the collection area.

• Assignee: Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4610794
• OSTI ID: 5301433
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 18 Feb 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
OIL SPILLS
REMOVAL
SKIMMERS
DESIGN
OPERATION
BUOYS
FLOW RATE
MEMBRANES
PHASE VELOCITY
POLLUTANTS
SPACE DEPENDENCE
THICKNESS
WATER
WATER CURRENTS
CURRENTS
DIMENSIONS
EQUIPMENT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
VELOCITY
020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects