WO1992009750A1 - Systemes flottants de confinement de substances contaminantes - Google Patents

Systemes flottants de confinement de substances contaminantes Download PDF

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WO1992009750A1
WO1992009750A1 PCT/US1990/006958 US9006958W WO9209750A1 WO 1992009750 A1 WO1992009750 A1 WO 1992009750A1 US 9006958 W US9006958 W US 9006958W WO 9209750 A1 WO9209750 A1 WO 9209750A1
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contaminant
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containment boom
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Richard R. Willis
Luc P. Benoit
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Willis Richard R
Benoit Luc P
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Priority to PCT/US1990/006958 priority Critical patent/WO1992009750A1/fr
Priority to AU90703/91A priority patent/AU9070391A/en
Priority to PCT/US1991/007328 priority patent/WO1992009751A1/fr
Priority to CA002086439A priority patent/CA2086439A1/fr
Publication of WO1992009750A1 publication Critical patent/WO1992009750A1/fr

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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
    • E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
    • E02B15/08—Devices for reducing the polluted area with or without additional devices for removing the material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
    • E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
    • E02B15/08—Devices for reducing the polluted area with or without additional devices for removing the material
    • E02B15/0814—Devices for reducing the polluted area with or without additional devices for removing the material with underwater curtains
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
    • E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
    • E02B15/08—Devices for reducing the polluted area with or without additional devices for removing the material
    • E02B15/0857—Buoyancy material
    • E02B15/0878—Air and water
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B15/00—Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
    • E02B15/04—Devices for cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or like floating materials by separating or removing these materials
    • E02B15/08—Devices for reducing the polluted area with or without additional devices for removing the material
    • E02B15/0857—Buoyancy material
    • E02B15/0885—Foam
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/20—Controlling water pollution; Waste water treatment
    • Y02A20/204—Keeping clear the surface of open water from oil spills

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  • the subject invention relates to systems for effectively impeding, if not in many cases preventing, the spread of leaking oil on seas and for containing other contaminants floating on water, and to systems for protecting coastal environments against such floating contaminants. It specifically addresses issues of speed of deployment, capacity and effectiveness of containment, and economy of manufacture and deployment.
  • Patent 4 237 237 by Jarre et al, issued December 2, 1980, for Hydrophobic Polyurethane Foams, Their Manufacture and Use; from an article by K. Lanfermann et al, entitled “Schaum für Bekampfung von Ohm fallen” (subentitled “Foam Plastics for Control of an Accidental Oil Spill"), in Proc. of Iht'l. Marine Science/ Ocean Engineering Conf. (1980). Hamburg, 9/24-25/80, Paper No. IMT 80-320, pp. 666-670; and from an article by K.
  • An embodiment of the subject invention fabricates a containment boom structure from sheet material 14 at the site 15 of the contaminant 10 by providing machinery 16 including a forming shoulder assembly 20 such as shown in Figure 3.
  • the sheet material 14 is passed through the forming shoulder assembly 20 to form the sheet material into a tubular structure 21, and the containment boom structure 13 is made or completed from such tubular structure.
  • the forming shoulder assembly may be of the type shown at 20 in Fig. 3, or of any other type which performs the equivalent function of forming sheet material into a tubular structure.
  • Piping 23 may be provided in conjunction with the forming shoulder assembly 20 for loading the tubular structure as disclosed hereinafter.
  • the machinery required to reahze such alternate boom fabrication methods is not significantly simpler, and may in fact be much more complex, than the machinery required to form, fill, and seal the entire containment boom structure from flat sheet material at the site of the contaminant.
  • a highly advantageous feature of the preferred embodiment of the subject invention is that the containment boom structure disclosed herein is fabricated from nothing more, or from almost nothing more, than simple flat sheet material, plus the air and water readily available at the site of die contaminant.

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  • Cleaning Or Clearing Of The Surface Of Open Water (AREA)

Abstract

On parvient à contenir des fuites d'huile et d'autres substances contaminantes (10) flottant sur l'eau (12) en utilisant un matériau en feuille (14) à l'endroit où se trouve la substance contaminante, pour former une structure de barrière de confinement flottante. Ladite barrière flottante (13) est formée en continu à partir du matériau en feuille au niveau de la fuite et lorsqu'une substance contaminante apparaît à la surface de l'eau, et elle se déploie dans l'eau (12) de manière continue pour éviter l'épandage de cette substance contaminante sur l'eau. On peut ainsi protéger les océans et d'autres étendues d'eau (12) ainsi que les zones côtières (54) contre l'épandage des fuites d'huile suite à des accidents de navires pétroliers (39) ou de plate-formes de forage en mer, ou contre d'autres substances contaminantes (10) flottant à la surface de l'eau.
PCT/US1990/006958 1990-11-29 1990-11-29 Systemes flottants de confinement de substances contaminantes WO1992009750A1 (fr)

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PCT/US1990/006958 WO1992009750A1 (fr) 1990-11-29 1990-11-29 Systemes flottants de confinement de substances contaminantes
AU90703/91A AU9070391A (en) 1990-11-29 1991-09-27 Floating contaminant containment systems
PCT/US1991/007328 WO1992009751A1 (fr) 1990-11-29 1991-09-27 Systeme de retention de polluants flottants
CA002086439A CA2086439A1 (fr) 1990-11-29 1991-09-27 Systeme de confinement de contaminants flottants

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US9683345B2 (en) 2015-11-06 2017-06-20 Smartvista, Llc Containment boom and method of deployment
GB2547667A (en) * 2016-02-24 2017-08-30 Vikoma Int Ltd Inflatable booms
USD852317S1 (en) 2017-07-24 2019-06-25 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Containment boom
US10544558B2 (en) 2014-10-14 2020-01-28 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Spill containment boom
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US3539013A (en) * 1968-06-24 1970-11-10 Millard F Smith Oil collection boom
US3731491A (en) * 1971-10-12 1973-05-08 Reynolds Submarine Services Co Oil containment boom
US3807617A (en) * 1973-04-25 1974-04-30 Pacific Pollution Control Floating boom deployment apparatus
DE2910975A1 (de) * 1979-03-21 1980-10-09 Karl Dr Rer Nat Dietzel Verfahren zur vermeidung der ausbreitung von durch tankerunfaelle auf dem meer ausgelaufenem rohoel

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2270041B (en) * 1990-04-23 1995-04-05 Todd Lawrence Taricco Oil boom and method
WO2013156998A1 (fr) * 2012-04-15 2013-10-24 Shany Arnon Flèche de confinement de déversement de pétrole à déplacement rapide et procédé de déploiement
US9739023B2 (en) 2012-04-15 2017-08-22 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Rapid-deployment oil spill containment boom and method of deployment
US11136737B2 (en) 2012-04-15 2021-10-05 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Rapid-deployment oil spill containment boom and method of deployment
US10544558B2 (en) 2014-10-14 2020-01-28 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Spill containment boom
US9683345B2 (en) 2015-11-06 2017-06-20 Smartvista, Llc Containment boom and method of deployment
GB2547667A (en) * 2016-02-24 2017-08-30 Vikoma Int Ltd Inflatable booms
GB2547667B (en) * 2016-02-24 2018-10-03 Vikoma Int Ltd Inflatable booms
USD852317S1 (en) 2017-07-24 2019-06-25 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Containment boom
US11078640B2 (en) 2017-07-24 2021-08-03 Harbo Technologies Ltd. Oil spill spread prevention by immediate containment

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