Boom system for oil containment
Patent
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OSTI ID:7157112
An improved boom system for the containment of oil spills on the surface of water consists of a number of intercoupling cells, made of buoyant material, open at top and bottom, and forming an in-depth barrier that is wave conformal. The barrier is appropriately stabilized by weights and is coupled to a tether boom, which, in turn, is connected to moorings. Oil carried over the barrier face by waves is trapped in the cells, as is oil carried under the barrier face by current flow. (2 claims)
- Assignee:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3703084
- OSTI ID:
- 7157112
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
02 PETROLEUM
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTAINMENT
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT
OIL RETENTION BOOMS
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WAVE FORCES
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTAINMENT
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT
OIL RETENTION BOOMS
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WAVE FORCES