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AssigneeHARBO Technologies Ltd.
InventorsArnon Shany, Boaz Ur, Haim Greenberg
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A rapid-deployment system for containing oil spills and similar water contaminations comprises a pre-manufactured sleeve having air-inflatable or gas-inflatable compartments and water inflatable compartments. In some embodiments uninflated sleeve is stored as a reel of sleeve material, and the deployment system, optionally mounted in a small boat, comprises a machine for inflating the air and water compartments at the site of a spill. In some embodiments, air and/or water compartments may be self-inflating. The system is relatively inexpensive, light, and not bulky, so may easily be stored at potential spill sites (including vessels), and may be used to rapidly manufacture a floating oil boom around a spill, thereby containing the spill before it has a chance to spread. A variety of boom configurations which are efficient in blocking movement of oil even in turbulent water, and which are stable under conditions of wind and wave, are presented.
A method for limiting the spread of a spill of floating substances spilled into water, comprising:
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A boom for containing a floating material spilled in water, comprising a first sleeve which comprises a plurality of gas-inflatable flotation compartments and a second sleeve which comprises a plurality of water-inflatable compartments, said sleeves being so interleaved that inflation of said air and water compartments connects said sleeves and forces said flotation and water compartments into at least a semi-rigid geometrical configuration.
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A boom for preventing passage of a spilled material floating in ambient water, comprising
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