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RECORD NUMBER: 17 OF 93| Main Title | Concept Evaluation: Recovery of Floating Oil Using Polyurethane Foam Sorbent. | |||||||||||
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| Author | Henage, Charles H. ; Smit, John D. ; | |||||||||||
| CORP Author | National Environmental Research Center, Edison, N.J. Edison Water Quality Research Div. | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1972 | |||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA-68-01-0070; EPA-15080-HEU; 10884,; R2-72-049 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB-221 251 | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | ( Water pollution ; Oils) ; ( Oils ; Absorption) ; Foam ; Polyurethane resins ; Materials recovery ; Booms(Equipment) ; Crude oil ; Bunker oils ; Separation ; Performance evaluation ; Efficiency ; Absorbers(Materials) ; Oil pollution removal ; Oil spills ; Shipborne ; Oil retention booms ; Oil pollution | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 98p | |||||||||||
| Abstract | Individual components of an oil spill recovery system were evaluated using Bunker C oil and three crude oils. The system was designed to shred and broadcast polyurethane foam sorbent onto an oil slick, herd the sorbent to a shipside conveyor by a water spray boom, squeeze the sorbent to extract the oil and rebroadcast the sorbent. The initial concept was to build a half-size, full scale system; however, initial foam losses indicated the necessity for a re-evaluation of the program, and specific studies on the broadcasting and squeezing systems were undertaken. (Modified author abstract) |