Main Title |
Hydrodynamics of diversionary booms / |
Author |
McCracken, W. E. ;
McCracken., William E.
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CORP Author |
Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., Leonardo, N.J.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, Ohio. |
Publisher |
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development ; for sale by the National Technical Information Service, |
Year Published |
1978 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/2-78-075; EPA-68-03-0490 |
Stock Number |
PB-281 282 |
OCLC Number |
03998220 |
Subjects |
Oil spill booms ;
Pollution control equipment
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Additional Subjects |
Booms(Equipment) ;
Water pollution control ;
Diverting ;
Flow distribution ;
Performance evaluation ;
Turbulent flow ;
Laboratory equipment ;
Oil pollution ;
Oil spills
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
TD427.P4M354 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
04/29/2016 |
EJBD |
EPA 600-2-78-075 |
c.1 |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/17/2014 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-2-78-075 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-2-78-075 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
NTIS |
PB-281 282 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
viii, 46 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
The failure of booms to contain floating oil in currents above 0.5 m/s appears to be well established. A method suggested to surmount this limitation is to use the boom in a diversionary mode to move the oil into regions of low currents where containment and removal can be accomplished. Previous tow tests with booms deployed in a diversionary mode have shown that oil droplets are often entrained in a flow under the boom. In these tests, the booms are set at an angle to the direction of tow and do not extend entirely across the tank. Typically, the length of boom employed in these tests was 30 m. Failure of the boom to contain oil occurred near the trailing end of the boom over approximately one-third of the length of the boom. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sponsored a test program at their oil and hazardous materials simulated environmental test tank (OHMSETT) to study and document the near-field hydrodynamics of the trailing end of a diversionary boom. Three-dimensional flow fields were examined visually, using dye and oil droplets with a towed underwater video system designed and built as part of the program. Turbulence intensity was simultaneously documented photographically and measured with a hot-film anemometer. |
Notes |
"April 1978." EPA Contract No. Contract Number: 68-03-0490. Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-29). |