Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Floatable matter containment
Patent
1980-04-24
1981-11-17
Purser, Ernest R.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Floatable matter containment
52162, 405 72, 405118, E02B 1504
Patent
active
043008577
ABSTRACT:
A marine barrier adapted for deployment as a curtain to divert the flow of water or for use as an oil containment boom and a method for installation thereof. The barrier typically includes a vertically disposed curtain having floats positioned in opposed relation along each side thereof in an outrigger configuration, and parallel, spaced, vertically aligned reinforcing ribs disposed within pockets formed on the surface of the curtain. The bottom edge of the curtain may be weighted with ballast to maintain its vertical orientation. When the barrier is used for diversion purposes, the bottom edge is anchored preferably by self-burying anchors. Typically, a plurality of parallel barriers are employed in a staggered configuration so as to create a baffle through which the water must flow. The diversion barrier typically is anchored along one edge to the shore and along another edge to a post within the body of water. The diversion curtain may be contoured along its bottom edge to conform to the shape of the bottom of the basin containing the water. When deployed as an oil containment boom, it surrounds the area containing the oil spill.
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Oiltrol, Inc.
Purser Ernest R.
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