| Main Title |
Performance testing of selected sorbent booms / |
| Author |
Smith, Gary F.,
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| CORP Author |
Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory. |
| Publisher |
Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, |
| Year Published |
1978 |
| Report Number |
EPA-600/7-78-219; EPA-68-03-0490 |
| Stock Number |
PB-291 278 |
| OCLC Number |
04651263 |
| Subjects |
Oil spill booms ;
Sorbents ;
Pollution control equipment
|
| Additional Subjects |
Oil spill booms ;
Sorbents ;
Pollution control equipment ;
Water pollution control ;
Oil pollution ;
Booms(Equipment) ;
Polyurethane resins ;
Natural fibers ;
Regeneration(Engineering) ;
Towed bodies ;
Skimmers ;
Polypropylene fibers ;
Oil retention booms ;
Oil slicks ;
Oil spills
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJED |
EPA 600-7-78-219 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
01/01/1988 |
| ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-7-78-219 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
| ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-7-78-219 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/19/2022 |
| ERAD |
EPA 600/7-78-219 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
02/11/2013 |
| ESAD |
EPA 600-7-78-219 |
|
Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
| NTIS |
PB-291 278 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
|
07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
viii, 27 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Abstract |
Performance tests on three commercially available sorbent booms were conducted at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) test facility. Test variables included wave condition, tow speed, and quantity of oil encountered. The maximum no-oil-loss containment two speed was determined for each wave and oil quantity test condition. The no-oil-loss tow speed in calm water was consistently near 0.25 m/s, but in a 0.3-m harbor chop wave, this figure decreased to between 0.05 and 0.1 m/s. In the 0.3-m harbor chop wave, the failure mode was typically droplet shedding from the contained oil slick, whereas in calm water, the oil slick passed under the booms. No sorbed oil appeared to wash out of the booms when they were towed. When saturated boom sections were wrung out, the recovered fluid weighed from 9.5 to 14 times boom dry weight and was 16 to 50 percent oil. |
| Notes |
"November 1978." "Contract no. 68-03-0490." "Project Officer John S. Farlow, Oil and Hazardous Materials Spills Branch." Includes bibliographical references. |
