Rapid-deployment oil spill containment boom and method of deployment
AssigneeHARBO Technologies Ltd.
InventorsArnon SHANY, Boaz UR, Haim GREENBERG
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Abstract
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.
Claims21
A method for limiting the spread of a spill of floating substances spilled into water, comprising:
- utilizing a deployment craft to navigate around the spill while deploying a spill-blocking boom such that said boom surrounds the spill;
- releasing said boom from said deployment craft to allow it to float freely with the spill, unattached to anything.
A boom sleeve for limiting spread of a spill of floating substances spilled into water, said boom sleeve comprising:
- a plurality of segments arranged to define an elongate structure, each of said segments comprising a floatation element and a water-containing compartment;
- said boom sleeve configured to form a continuous barrier that surrounds said spill and floats freely when deployed, unattached to anything.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.