Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
121 |
| Date of Summary |
March 31, 1997 |
| Subject |
Water Jet Barrier Containment of
Oil in the Presence of Broken Ice |
| Performing Activity |
Emergencies Engineering Division, Environment
Canada |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. Harry Whittaker |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
This was a Joint Industry Project
(JIP) with Environment Canada to evaluate and optimize the design of an innovative oil
spill containment barrier. The barrier uses high pressure water and fine droplets above
and parallel to the water surface resulting in a high velocity local wind. This wind
drives the surface oil in front of it but the near surface water layer is not as affected
as it would be with conventional mechanical containment booms. Phase I of the project
focused on field testing of various nozzle configurations and jet velocities. Phase II of
this project titled `Optimization of an Innovative High Speed Waterjet Containment Boom
for High Current/Ice Areas` redesigned and modified the system to achieve optimum
performance and evaluated the product both as an oil containment device and for its
effectiveness in reducing smoke emissions when contained oil is burned in place. |
| Progress |
Complete. Testing of the waterjet
barrier was conducted at the OHMSETT facility in New Jersey, to determine the extent of
the barrier's containment performance and capabilities. Areas evaluated were the barrier's
ability to contain different thicknesses of oil slicks and its ability to contain these
slicks in varying wave conditions. |
Reports |
AA (138 pages)
 |
High Pressure Water Jet Barrier -
Design Optimization, Environmental Emergency Manuscript Report Number EE-88, Environment
Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 125 pp., April 1987. |
| AB (3 pages)
|
Laperriere, F., Evaluation of a
Water Jet Barrier In Ice Conditions, Proceedings of Technology Assessment and Research
Program for Offshore Minerals Operations Workshop, Minerals Management Service, Herndon,
Virginia, pp. 157-159, 1988. |
| AC (46 pages)
|
Comfort, G., Tests to Evaluate
the Effect of a Waterjet Barrier on the Burning Efficiency of a Floating Oil Slick, Fleet
Technology Limited, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, November 1988. |
| AD (52 pages)
|
Comfort, G., Tests to Evaluate
the Effect of a Waterjet Barrier on the Burning Efficiency of a Floating Oil Slick,
Environmental Emergency Manuscript Report Number EE-112, Environment Canada, Ottawa,
Ontario, 43 pp., 1989. |
| AE (17 pages)
|
Comfort, G., Punt, M.,
Oil-Burning Tests Conducted in the Presence of a High Pressure Waterjet Barrier,
Proceedings of the Twelfth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar,
Environment Canada, Ontario, pp. 227-243, 1989. |
| AF (6 pages)
|
Laperriere, F., Evaluation of a
Water Jet Barrier in Ice Conditions, Spill Technology Newsletter, Volume 14, No. 1, pp.
8-13, 1989. |
| AG (68 pages)
|
Comfort, G., Paterson, R. B.,
Redesign of Waterjet Barrier Flotation System, Fleet Technology Limited, Kanata, Ontario,
Canada, March 1991. |
| AH (10 pages)
|
Paterson, B, Comfort, G., Punt,
M., Development of a Waterjet Barrier for Oil Spill Containment, Proceedings of the
Fifteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, pp. 439-455, June 10-12, 1992. |
| AI (144 pages)
|
Redesign, Construction and Field
Testing of a Prototype Flotation System for a Waterjet Barrier (Draft), Fleet Technology
Limited, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, September 1992. |
| AJ (149 pages)
|
Redesign, Construction and Field
Testing of a Prototype Flotation System for a Waterjet Barrier (Final) , Fleet Technology
Limited, Kanata, Ontario, Canada, October 1992. |
| AK (46 pages)
|
DeVitis, Dave, Ohmsett Tests of
the Water Jet Barrier System, Final report, MAR, Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland,
August, 1996. |
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