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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
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Project Number |
180 |
| Date of
Summary |
March 19, 2007 |
| Subject |
Testing and
Evaluation of Sorbents |
| Performing
Activity |
SAIC-Canada |
| Principal
Investigator |
Mr. David Cooper |
| Contracting
Agency |
Minerals Management
Service |
| Estimated
Completion |
Completed |
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Description |
This is a Joint
Industry Project (JIP) between MMS and Environment Canada to investigate the performance
of sorbent materials used in the remediation of oil spills. A database will be developed
to provide responders with firsthand information during a spill. The objectives of this
study include: (1) develop a test procedure for sorbents used for oil spill
remediation; (2) test these products to ensure repeatable, reliable, and
representative data; and (3) generate a database of information from testing
results to determine certifiable criteria. |
| Progress |
Construction of the sorbent database is
complete. The database is available through the Internet at
http://www.etc-cte.ec.gc.ca/databases/Sorbent/Default.aspx.
Manufacturers who test their sorbents at Ohmsett - The National Oil Spill
Response Test Facility will have the opportunity to have their product
tested with the new American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
protocol and results listed in the database, free of charge. More than 20
new sorbent entries were recently added to the database. |
Reports |
AA (18 pages)
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Selection Criteria
and Laboratory Evaluation of Oil spill Sorbents: Update IV, S. L. Ross Environmental
Research Limited, Emergencies Engineering Division, Environment Canada, Report EPS/3/SP/3,
June 1991. |
| AB (80 pages)
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Cooper, D., Keller,
L., Oil Spill Sorbents: Testing Protocol and Certification Listing Program, Proceedings of
the Fifteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, pp. 479-496, June 1991. |
| AC (15 pages)
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Cooper, D., Gausemel,
I., Oil Spill Sorbents: Testing Protocol and Certification Listing Program, Proceedings of
the Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the Prevention, Behavior, Control, and Cleanup of
Oil Spills, pp. 549-551, Tampa, Florida, March 29 - April 1, 1993. |
| AD (12 pages)
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Simple Test
Guidelines for Screening Oil Spill Sorbents for Toxicity, Proceedings of the Twenty-First
Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario,
pp 473-483, 1998. |
| AE (35 pages)
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Sorbent Test Program
1999-2000, Interim Report, Emergencies Engineering Technologies Office, SAIC Canada, March
1999. |
AB (59 pages;
3,442 KB)
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Large-Scale Ice Fracture
Experiments, Phase II; Field Program Report (Draft), Canadian Marine Drilling Ltd.,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 4, 1994. |
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