Accession Number:

ADA017000

Title:

Prototype High-Seas Disc-Drum Oil Recovery System.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. May 72-Oct 74,

Corporate Author:

LOCKHEED MISSILES AND SPACE CO INC SUNNYVALE CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Scharfenstein,C. F.
• Beran,W. T.

Report Date:

1975-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

247.0

Abstract:

The delivered oil recovery unit was designed to recover up to 1,000 gpm of a wide variety of oils in up to Sea State 4 conditions, to survive Sea State 6, and to return to operating at a spill scene without major repair. The disc-drum oil recovery device is supported afloat by a catamaran made of inflatable rubber pontoons. Machinery is installed in the twin hulls and in the cross-structure connecting them. Principal machinery components are the diesel prime mover, the four recovered-oil transfer pumps, and the hydraulic power transmission system power pumps and drive motors. The system is remotely controlled, refueled, and monitored through a 330-ft-long umbilical. Recovered oil is transferred through a 300-ft-long, 10-in.-diameter transfer hose to a distribution manifold onboard the tending vessel. The two-unit system is transportable in a Coast Guard HC-130-B aircraft, on a truck trailer, and onboard a wide variety of ships.

Descriptors:

• *Oil pollution
• *Separators
• Recovery
• Water pollution
• Performance tests
• Transportation
• Oceans
• Offshore
• Oil spills
• Pumps
• Ships
• Coast Guard

Subject Categories:

• Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE