Innovative Oil Spill Equipment

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Innovative Oil Spill Equipment

• Proposed Oil Recovery Wall System for Kuwaits
  Oil Fields
• Inclined Boom System with Hydrofoil for Waters
  with Waves

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The Oil Collection Unit
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Proposed Oil Recovery Wall systems Position at
Mina Al-Ahmadi Coastline.
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The Oil-Collection Unit
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Overall View of the Test Channel
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Top View of the Test Channel
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Table 1. Experimentally Determined Coefficient of
Collected Oil

• (m/s) (knots) Throughput Eff.()
• 0.14 0.92 100
• 0.20 1.32 93.67
• 0.27 1.81 89.87
• 0.28 1.88 83.54

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Table 1. Experimentally Determined Coeff. of
Coll. Oil by the Oil Pump

• (m/s) (knots) Throughput Eff.()
• 0.14 0.92 91.6
• 0.20 1.32 86.55
• 0.27 1.81 75.88
• 0.28 1.88 59.66
• 0.29 1.91 44.54
• 0.30 1.98 40.34

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Coefficient of collected oil vs. Current vel.
(Fang Wong, 2000)
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Pipe System of the Oil Collection Unit
(Dimensions are in meters).
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A 3-D Drawing of the Oil-Collection Unit.
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A 3-D Dimensioned Drawing of the Oil-Collection
Unit ( Dimensions are in meters and degrees).
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A 3-D Drawing of a Section of the Oil Recovery
Wall with the Oil-Collection Unit in Position.
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Inclined Boom System Assembly with Hydrofoil for
Waters with Waves.
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Inclined Boom System Assembly Bottom View
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Exploded View of Inclined Boom System
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Testing the Boom System in Biscayne Bay
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Wave passing through the Boom System.
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Collected Oil in the Boom System.
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Collection Efficiency (With Waves)

• Channel flow velocity 22.15 or 1.5 cm/s
• Quant. Of Oil (mL) Collection Eff. ()
• 100 51.7 or 2.9
• 300 54.0 or
  1.7
• 500 54.1 or
  0.6

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Collection Efficiency (With Waves)

• Channel flow velocity 15.85 or 1.66 cm/s
• Quant. Of Oil (mL) Collection Eff. ()
• 100 63.3 or 4.0
• 300 69.3 or 4.3
• 500 64.0 or 4.3

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Collection Efficiency (With Waves)

• Channel flow velocity 8. 56 or 1.24 cm/s
• Quant. Of Oil (mL) Collection Eff. ()
• 100 65.4 or 1.1
• 300 64.5 or 3.4
• 500 68.6 or 4.4