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Project Number 333
Date of Summary November 22, 2000
Subject Field Experiments at the Ohmsett Facility, Especially for a Newly Designed Boom System
Performing Activity The University of Miami
Principal Investigator Dr. Vincent Wong
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion September 2001
Description The U. Miami researchers have developed a new boom design that uses inclined plane technology with a series of three carefully spaced, trailing, horizontal barriers. The spacing and varying drafts of these trailing barriers is the unique design change. The U. Miami has already tested the design in a flume tank and had promising results. At the typical tow/current speed of 0.75 knots, the oil collection efficiency remained as high as 98%, which would be a significant improvement over current boom technology. The proposal is now to build a full scale prototype and test it at Ohmsett. If successful, the design will be patented and offered to commercial firms for development as a new boom type.  The patenting process also makes this a restricted and unique proposed effort.
Progress The prototype boom has been constructed and preliminary tests performed in August 2000. After some modifications and repairs, the improved prototype will be given a comprehensive evaluation at Ohmsett on December 6 – 8, 2000. The project was completed in September 2001.
Report
AA (14 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Field Experiments at the Ohmsett Facility for a Newly Designed Boom System, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, James J, Barin, Eryurt, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001. 
AB (35 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Instability Study of Oil Slicks Contained in a Single Boom, Fang, Jainzhi, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001.
AC (16 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Optimization of an Oil Boom System, Fang, Jainzhi, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001.
AD (9 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Design Calculation for Ramp Boom, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, James J, Barin, Eryurt, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001.
AE (6 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Calculation for Ramp Boom Configuration of August 22, 2000, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, James J, Barin, Eryurt, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001.
AF (11 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Calculation for Ramp Boom Configuration of December 6, 2000, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, James J, Barin, Eryurt, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001.
AG (16 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Minimum Weight Design of Ramp Boom, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, James J, Barin, Eryurt, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001. 
AH (1 page) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Ohmsett Test Data, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Fang, James J, Barin, Eryurt, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coral Gables, FL, September 2001.
AI (6 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Field Experiments at the Ohmsett Facility for a Newly Designed Boom System, Kau-Fui, Vincent Wong, Barin, Eryurt, Lane, J., Spill Science and Technology Bulletin, Volume 7, Nos. 5-6, pp. 223-228, 2002.
 

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