Test and Evaluation of Six Fire Resistant Booms at Ohmsett |
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| Institution: | 1. Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3116 TAMU, 245 Spence St, College Station, TX 77843, USA;2. EthicalChem, 177 Governors Highway, South Windsor, CT 06074, USA;1. Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;2. College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;3. Qingdao Guangming Environmental Technology Co., Ltd, Qingdao 266071, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;2. Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering, Ministry of Transport of China, Tianjin 300456, China;3. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom;1. Institute of Social and Economic Research and Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, 99508, United State;2. Department of Economics & Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States |
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| Abstract: | Six oil spill booms produced by five manufacturers for use as fire resistant booms, were tested at the Minerals Management Service's Ohmsett Facility, NWS-Earle, Leonardo, New Jersey. The tests were conducted between July 16, 1996 and October 4, 1996. Prior to being exposed to any fire, the booms were tested for: first loss tow speed, loss rate, critical tow speed, and wave conformance. No fires were used during these tests. Four of the booms performed within speed and rate loss ranges that have been measured for commercial non-fire resistant booms. One boom was found to be superior in wave conformance and critical tow speed. However, this boom was at the lower edge of the range for first loss tow speed. A prototype boom, with a unique paddle wheel operating principal was the sixth boom included in the study. This boom was found to need further development. |
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