Oil spill rapid response, containment and stoppage method and apparatus
AssigneeNorth Wind Undersea Institute, Inc.
InventorMichael I. Sandlofer
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Abstract
A skin, preferably a rip-stop material with a dehydrated material thereon, is rapidly deployed to surround an oil transportation ship spilling oil from a hole or breach in the hull. The skin is snugged up to the hull to allow the dehydrated material to absorb the spilling oil, and also preferably expanding into and filling the hole or breach. The skin is stored on-board the ship on a storage spool.
Claims19
An oil spill rapid response, containment and stoppage apparatus, comprising:
- a skin comprising an outer material and a dehydrated material, a means for securing the skin to a ship and a deployment means for the skin wherein said skin is of sufficient size to cover at least a portion of the hull of the ship below the water line.
A method for responding to, containing and stopping an oil spill from an oil transportation ship, comprising the steps of deploying a skin that surrounds the ship, providing dehydrated material attached to the skin, placing the dehydrated material in close proximity to a breach in the ship from which oil is spilling, and maintaining the dehydrated material in said proximity to allow it to expand and fill said breach.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.