Abstract: A lagoon cover made up of a number of individual sections, each of which has a body formed of flexible sheet material. The cover sections are releasably connected together in edge to edge relationship, and the connection is such that each section may rise or fall relative to adjacent sections. Buoyancy means is attached to the body of each section to support that section on the lagoon, and each section also preferably has stabilizing means which is at least partially immersed in the lagoon and serves to resist movement of the section across the lagoon. Gas transfer means is provided so that gas caught in the space between the cover and the lagoon surface, can be transferred from one part of the cover to another. Pressure relief means is also provided to automatically relieve excessive build-up of pressure in that space.

Abstract: A boom includes a plurality of boom sections joined end to end. Each boom section includes two or more parallel inflatable chambers which are joined with a weighted curtain which is reinforced for strength. Boom sections are stored compactly on respective reels. A substantial number of reels are arranged compactly in the hold of a carrier vessel which is smaller in size and has greater speed and maneuverability than vessels carrying known oil spill containment systems. Boom sections are consecutively unwound from their respective reels and connected end-to-end as they are deployed to form a continuous boom. The boom sections unwind naturally from the reels as the carrier vessel moves through the water away from a tender vessel holding the first end of the boom. The boom's deployment is controlled by a brake on an idler roller and a hydraulic crane's drive wheel on the reel, thus limiting manual handling to lighter-weight tasks.

Abstract: An apparatus for containing oil spills or the likes in a body of water. The apparatus is formed of high strength lightweight plastic material. The apparatus is filled by air and water so as to automatically move to a vertical position in the body of contaminated water and provide a barrier to contain an oil spill. The barrier uses water as ballast.

Abstract: An oil boom has a longitudinal hose-shaped floating body of cloth or fabric material, and a skirt, also of cloth or fabric material, extending from the floating body and equipped with sinkers. The floating body has internal inflatable hoses serving as distension elements. The inflatable hoses are fixed to the floating body and, in their inflated state, they are ring-shaped and they lie substantially in planes which are perpendicular to the axis of the floating body to distend it into hose shape. The inflatable hoses have an air-proofing layer of elastomeric material and a reinforcing structure. The reinforcing structure includes a tensile-stress-absorbing inner reinforcing layer and a hose-expansion-limiting outer reinforcing layer. The inner reinforcing layer is formed of substantially parallel reinforcing threads extending in the longitudinal direction of the hose.

Abstract: A floating breakwater device for attenuating waves includes an elongated frame extending vertically between an upper end and a lower end. A buoyant member is attached to the frame to support the top end of the frame above the water surface. A barrier is attached to the frame which extends downwardly from the top end of the frame and below the water surface to a position adjacent the bottom end of the frame. The barrier is adapted to intercept and reflect a portion of the kinetic energy of an attacking wave. A first platform and a second platform are attached to the bottom end of the frame on opposite sides. The platforms extend outwardly from the frame to provide stability and resistance to unwanted movement of the breakwater device.

Abstract: An oil containment boom consists of sections each of which includes upper and bottom self supporting battens, oil impervious battens sealed thereto and to an inflatable chamber. The barriers and chambers of adjacent sections are sealed to a rod to which the ends of the battens of the sections are pivotally connected to provide flexible joints. End sections are connectable to establish an impoundment about an oil leaking ship. The joints are immobilized as the boom is formed with the adjacent ends of the ballasting battens at each joint defining a predetermined angular relationship with each other. The angular relationship may be 180.degree. and the shaping of the boom made possible by the limited flexibility of the battens of the desired boom shape may be effected by having alternate joints held in an obtuse angular relationship.

Abstract: A continuous curtain for surrounding a stadium and to extend upwardly from the upper margin of the stadium so as to minimize lateral wind forces and thereby eliminate erratic wind currents on or above the playing field of the stadium. The curtain has a number of side-by-side panels with each panel being porous or having holes therethrough to permit limited flow of air through the panels. The panels are suspended from a location above the stadium and extend downwardly to ground level in generally vertical planes. The upper margins of the panels are spaced well above the upper margin of the stadium, and the curtain is open at the top of the wind barrier. Thus, the interior of the space surrounded by the curtain is not closed to the upper hemisphere. The suspending structure for the curtain is buoyant in air and is held down by cables extending downwardly from the buoyant structure to the ground. The buoyant structure can be helium-filled balloons which are supplied by helium from helium sources at ground level.

Abstract: A net for removing debris is mounted on a frame which is extendable across the width of a swimming pool. The frame has a rounded or ball-type element at each lower end which rotates about an axis to facilitate travel and to protect the swimming pool surfaces from damage as the swimming pool cleaning device is moved through the water during a cleaning operation. Handles are provided for pulling the net through the water by persons on opposing sides of the pool. The pool may be cleaned in a single pass across the length of the pool. The net may be completely or partially rolled up about at least one of the side members of the frame.

Abstract: A process of cleaning spills of toxic or hazardous materials such as oil, antifreeze, gasoline, and the like from bodies of water, garage floors, roadways and the like, comprises spraying shredded fiberglass blowing wool composition particles onto the spill, absorbing the spill with the fiberglass blowing wool composition particles, and removing the fiberglass blowing wool composition particles and the spill absorbed by the fiberglass blowing wool composition particles. An absorbent composition for absorbing spills of toxic or hazardous materials comprises shredded fiberglass blowing wool particles, and cork and/or styrofoam particles dispersed with the fiberglass blowing wool particles. An absorbent sock for absorbing and for containing a spill of toxic or hazardous materials comprises an oil permeable tube, and shredded fiberglass blowing wool composition particles enclosed in the tube.

Abstract: An oil/gas collector/separator for recovery of oil leaking, for example, from an offshore or underwater oil well. The separator is floated over the point of the leak and tethered in place so as to receive oil/gas floating, or forced under pressure, toward the water surface from either a broken or leaking oil well casing, line, or sunken ship. The separator is provided with a downwardly extending skirt to contain the oil/gas which floats or is forced upward into a dome wherein the gas is separated from the oil/water, with the gas being flared (burned) at the top of the dome, and the oil is separated from water and pumped to a point of use. Since the density of oil is less than that of water it can be easily separated from any water entering the dome.

Abstract: A boom includes a plurality of boom sections joined end to end. Each boom section includes two or more parallel inflatable chambers which are joined with a weighted curtain which is reinforced for strength. Boom sections are stored compactly on respective reels. A substantial number of reels are arranged compactly in the hold of a carrier vessel which is smaller in size and has greater speed and maneuverability than vessels carrying known oil spill containment systems. Boom sections are consecutively unwound from their respective reels and connected end-to-end as they are deployed to form a continuous boom. The boom sections unwind naturally from the reels as the carrier vessel moves through the water away from a tender vessel holding the first end of the boom. The boom's deployment is controlled by a brake on an idler roller and a hydraulic crane's drive wheel on the reel, thus limiting manual handling to lighter-weight tasks.

Abstract: An emergency, lightweight marine containment system is comprised of a containment crate in which is flatly accordion folded an uninflated boom curtain. The boom curtain is comprised of a self-inflating flotation chamber on one longitudinal edge with an integral depending curtain terminating in a self-inflating ballast chamber on the opposing longitudinal edge. The flotation chamber is inflated by gas and the ballast chamber is inflated by the water or sea water into which the boom curtain is disposed. The boom curtain is made of lightweight single-ply or multiple-ply sheet material.

Abstract: A cylindrical ceramic foam body that can be the sole buoyant member of an oil-containment boom is produced by firing a mixture of fine particles of ceramic precursor, a source of carbon such as silicon carbide, and a metallic oxide. In the boom, a stack of the ceramic foam bodies, each of which is a cylinder, can be held together by wire mesh to provide a buoyant log. A plurality of the buoyant logs can be inserted end-to-end into a 3-layer loop, viz., an inner layer of a ceramic textile fabric, a middle layer of knitted wire mesh, and an outer layer of polymer-coated fabric.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire resistant boom connector for connecting adjacent oil containment booms. The boom connector includes cooperating connector portions, each of which include a base portion, an elbow portion, and a engaging portion. A slot bounded by the base portion, the elbow portion, and the engaging portion is adapted for receipt of a cooperative engaging portion to interengage the connector portions.

Abstract: A device for confining oil floating upon the surface of a large body of water employs a horizontally deployable continuous pliable oil-resistant wall having parallel upper and lower edges. A multitude of uniformly spaced vertical support members are attached to the wall. A non-extendable cable engages the vertical support members in parallel relationship to the edges of the wall. Floatation devices are attached to the vertical support members adjacent the upper edge of the wall, and weight devices are attached to the vertical support members adjacent the lower edge of the wall. The effect of the flotation and weight devices is to cause the wall to ride vertically in the water with its upper edge extending above the oil level.

Abstract: An absorbent oil collector is used as an oil spill combating apparatus and based on the use of an oil-absorbent material, e.g. a specially prepared wood fiber mass. In order to provide an oil collector of the kind concerned, which is flexible in that sense that its shape/size easily may be adapted to the actual oil spill situation and which may easily be picked up and collected when the absorbent material has been saturated with oil, the oil-absorbent material is encased within cylindrical stockings (1) of liquid-permeable material and which, along at least one longitudinal edge, is provided with catches, hooks or similar couplers (4) for the joining of a plurality of stockings (1), modules, forming a mat (5), which through rolling may be transformed into a section of a boom.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elongated floating barrier for use in controlling and concentrating substances floating on a liquid surface, preferably oil floating on a water surface. The barrier comprises a front shield towards the front surface (2) of which the substances are deposited and transported sideways along the shield as the barrier is moved relative the liquid surface. The front shield is inclined in such a way that its upper edge (5) is abaft its lower edge (6) and a towing means (4) is attached to the lower edge of the shield and arranged to give a mainly horizontal pull in the barrier when it is moved relative the water surface.

Abstract: A combined skirted oil-sorbing boom and oil-sorbing sweep has a buoyant inner core and an oil-sorbent outer core of a spirally wound sheet of polymeric, oleophilic, hydrophobic microfibers. Adhesively bonded to a sheet of the microfibers at the outer face of the outer core is an open-mesh netting of polymeric monofilaments that are fused at their crossings. The netting and the sheet to which it is adhered extend from the outer core to form a depending skirt which acts as a barrier to oil that is being sorbed by the microfibers. The buoyant inner core can be an open-cell foam that sorbs oil slowly, thus supplementing the oil-sorbing capability without significant loss of freeboard.

Abstract: An oil containment boom and skimmer for extending at least partially about, containing against further dispersion, and skimming an oil spill from a body of water. A first longitudinally extending tubular member is placed adjacent to the oil spill area. It includes an inner open area and inlet means for receiving oil and water. A second longitudinally extending tubular member is placed parallel to the first member. The second member includes an inner open area which is in communication with the first inner open area. A passageway with a lip connects the members and is placed slightly above sea level for skimming the upper layer of oil. The second open area contains ports which allow the oil to drain out into a separate oil storage tank.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing sedimentation in ship berths including one or m modules, spanning the entrance of a ship berth and providing a continuous, homogeneous, impervious barrier, each module including a base located on the sea floor, an accordion type curtain extendable in the vertical direction and attached on its bottom side to the base, a float attached to the curtain on the top side, a primary operating system for raising and lowering the curtain and a secondary operating system for raising the entire apparatus to the sea surface for repair or removal.

Abstract: An oil spill containment boom deployable normally by one person between a pier and vessel especially useful for oil transfer operations from ship to shore that will remain in position on the water regardless of changes in the ship draft comprising a floating flexible barrier having an elongated unitary tensioning member disposed from end to end and held in place by strategically positioned sleeves connected over areas of the float to hold the barrier in place.

Abstract: A disaster prevention apparatus is adapted to intercept and disperse gas leaking from a disaster ship offshore. The apparatus includes a marine mover and a water curtain forming device for forming a water curtain on the lee of the disaster ship. Pressurized water is supplied to the water curtain forming device by a water pump. The water thusly supplied is ejected from the water curtain forming device in a direction substantially perpendicular to the water surface, thereby creating a water curtain on the water.

Abstract: A boom includes a plurality of boom sections joined end to end. Each boom section includes two or more parallel inflatable chambers which are joined with a weighted curtain which is reinforced for strength. Boom sections are stored compactly on respective reels. A substantial number of reels are arranged compactly in the hold of a carrier vessel which is smaller in size and has greater speed and maneuverability than vessels carrying known oil spill containment systems. Boom sections are consecutively unwound from their respective reels and connected end-to-end as they are deployed to form a continuous boom. The boom sections unwind naturally from the reels as the carrier vessel moves through the water away from a tender vessel holding the first end of the boom. The boom's deployment is controlled by a brake on an idler roller and a hydraulic crane's drive wheel on the reel, thus limiting manual handling to lighter-weight tasks.

Abstract: An oil recovery system includes an inflatable boom wall, a plurality of inflatable storage tanks at spaced intervals along the boom wall, and a plurality of oil catchers adjacent to each of the storage tanks. Selected ones of the oil catchers are attached to the boom wall, adjacent to the storage tanks, while other ones of the catchers are free-floating and attached to corresponding storage tanks by means of a flexible line. The oil recovery system further includes a plurality of plow boats, each of which has adjustable, bow-mounted plates for pushing oil and other surface contaminants into the oil catchers. The material collected by the catchers drains by gravity into the corresponding storage tanks for temporary storage. The storage tanks are pumped out periodically to transfer the contents thereof to permanent storage tanks aboard a barge or other oil collection vessel.

Abstract: A water pollution containment device comprises a number of uniform assemblies joined to adjacent uniform assemblies around the periphery of a liquid cargo carrying vessel such as an oil tanker. The uniform assemblies each include a skirt which is joined to the skirts of the adjacent uniform assemblies, a skirt launching device, a skirt retrieving device and a housing structure for the foregoing. The uniform assemblies may be operated to contain spills around a leaking vessel, to contain spills around a sunken vessel and may be quickly and easily inspected and maintained.

Abstract: A system for containing oil or other contaminants which have leaked from an oil tanker or similar structure is disclosed. A protective housing surrounds the structure. A plurality of covers are each pivotably mounted at its upper edge to a lower outer edge of the housing to depend therefrom. Each cover is retained in a closed position with a lower edge of the cover adjacent the side of the structure to form a storage cavity defined by the cover, the housing, and a portion of the side of the structure. A series of interconnected collapsible float assemblies is contained within the storage cavity. In case of an oil leak, a triggering mechanism located within the housing sequentially releases the covers from the closed position and the float assemblies fall away into the water. In this manner a continuous curtain may be provided to surround the structure to prevent passage of all or most of the leaking contaminant.

Abstract: An oil containment boom capable of maintaining a generally vertical orientation in water is disclosed. The containment boom includes a longitudinally extending curtain maintained vertically in the water by floats positioned in pairs in opposed relation along each side of the curtain. The floats are attached by a tether which extends through an opening in the curtain. The tether is capable of reciprocating motion through the opening in the curtain, which allows the floats of each pair to maintain positions in the water which are vertically offset from each other. When the water level on one side of the curtain is higher than on the other side, the float on the high water side rises to a higher position than the float on the opposite side and tends to pull the curtain back into a vertical orientation. The curtain may also include a weight along its lower edge. The self-righting feature of the present oil boom helps to prevent contaminants from washing over the top of the boom in rough areas.

Abstract: A floating containment boom for containment and isolation of waterborne pollutants, such as oil, silt, medical waste, bacteria, debris, and suspended particulates. The containment boom is comprised of a floatation unit, a ballast, a continuous curtain of at least one sheet of a flexible geosynthetic fabric, and at least two tow cords. The curtain has an upper sleeve containing the flotation unit and may have a lower sleeve containing the ballast. The geosynthetic fabric is water-pervious and may be oil-absorbing. The fabric allows water to pass through while containing the waterborne pollutants. The boom of the invention may also be used as a seining device, to define a swim area, and as a littoral flow trap.

Abstract: A fence for enclosing impurities floating on water including a series of bands of two-ply material with the two plies fused together in selected areas including the entire upper edge and with weighted floating pickets inserted vertically between the two plies up to the fused upper edge with both plies extending beyond each band at both ends of the band, one ply at both ends being wrapped about end pickets which are pressed together to form a juncture between bands and with the other plies extending beyond the bands being folded over one another and sealed together to prevent leakage at the juncture.

Abstract: A belt-like bag body comprises a belt-like rubber sheet, a non-adhesion region located at a central portion the rubber sheet and capable of separating the rubber sheet into upper and lower portions, and a reinforcing layer reinforcing the outer surface of the rubber sheet, wherein a notch or gap having a convexly arc portion outward in widthwise direction is arranged in the vicinity of a widthwise end of the non-adhesion region in the rubber sheet.

Abstract: An elongated floating boom device for containing spilled fluids such as crude oil, is disclosed. The boom device is manufactured from its constituent components at the spill site. At least one continuous sheet of a plastic material is folded along its longitudinal axis, forming two wall sections of substantially equal height. A lower weighted section is formed by introducing inexpensive ballast heavy material such as sand into the fold of the plastic sheet and creating an horizontal seal which seals the wall sections together above the ballast material along the length of the plastic sheet. A pulling means such as a chain or steel cable also is provided in the weighted section. Pillow or float sections are formed by injecting air between the wall sections above the first horizontal seal and vertically or diagonally sealing the wall sections together at intervals and then horizontally sealing the tops of the wall sections together. Alternative constructions for the bottom device also are disclosed.

Abstract: A ship-mounted oil spill recovery apparatus includes a spill barrier in the form of a floating boom that can be placed around an oil-carrying ship or vessel to confine oil discharge in an area immediately surrounding the vessel. The spill barrier is connected to a plurality of support booms located on the vessel which move and maintain the spill barrier. Oil recovery lines are attached to the spill barrier for immediate deployment with the spill barrier. The recovery lines are connected to transporting hoses that extend back to the vessel and are connected to a main on-board oil recovery system. Recovered oil is transported to storage enclosures that float in the body of water away from the ship. Transporting lines connecting the storage enclosures with the recovery system transport the recovered oil from the recovery system to the storage enclosure.

Abstract: An oil containment system includes an inflatable boom for encircling an oil containing vessel. A spreader runs parallel with the inflatable boom and is filled with pressurized water to cause the inflatable boom to assume a particular shape and position around the vessel.

Abstract: A spill containment device for a ship such as an oil tanker includes a pouch which is mounted on the outer, uppermost hull section. The pouch completely encircles the hull. A flexible fluid-impervious skirt is affixed along one edge to the interior of the pouch. The skirt is folded and stored within the pouch, which is held shut by a releasable closure device such as a zipper. When activated, the pouch is caused to fully open about its bottom by a deployment mechanism enabling the skirt to drop and depend down from the hull into the water. The skirt is preferably weighted about its bottom and provides an impervious barrier to the leaking contaminant, trapping the contaminant with its periphery. Rescue vessels can then pump the oil out from within the skirt into a removal vessel.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for containing a contaminant in the vicinity of a water vehicle. The system comprises a barrier apparatus detachably coupled to the vehicle for operating in a deployed mode to erect a barrier at a perimeter around the vehicle to contain the contaminant, and a deploying subsystem operatively coupled to the barrier apparatus and to the vehicle for transporting the barrier apparatus from the vehicle to the perimeter during the deployed mode. The method comprises storing a barrier apparatus on the vehicle during a stored mode, transporting the barrier apparatus from the vehicle to a perimeter around and spaced from the vehicle during a deployed mode, and erecting a barrier at the perimeter to contain the contaminant.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of recovering a petroleum product floating on water comprising an elongate containment barrier, having keel means, being positioned completely around the floating product to be recovered, the area encompassed by the containment barrier being gradually reduced to develop a desired head of floating product within the containment barrier and a portion of the developed head of floating product being gradually recovered while the area encompassed by the containment barrier being continually controlled so that the desired head of floating product is maintained.

Abstract: A containment skirt having a stowed position about an upper perimeter portion of an oil tanker. When an oil spill occurs, the skirt is moved its stowed position to a deployed position where it extends downwardly into the water so as to surround the oil tanker and contain the oil flowing from the tanker.

Abstract: Floating barriers are provided with containment means (doublecoated with polyvinyl chloride) of woven twisted nylon thread and with low density polyurethane floating means. The two previous characteristics, along with a change in arrangement, size and shape of other means in current barriers, have surprisingly improved properties, such as wear resistance and use versatility, even under extreme conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous containment barrier comprising a plurality of compartmentalized inflatable chambers having, attached to the bottom thereof, an impermeable keel which stabilizes the containment barrier and assists in containment of the spilled petroleum product even under turbulent conditions. Extending below the keel is an elongate skirt which has a plurality of apertures therein that provide the necessary water pressure relief while still maintaining the necessary strength for successful containment of a spilled petroleum product. The barrier is designed to develop a desired height of petroleum product floating on an aqueous environment so that efficient recovery can occur.

Abstract: An elongated water ballasted oil spill containment boom made of flexible, compact, and easily storable material and having an inner and an outer chambers. When inflated with water the inner chamber assumes a substantially circular cross section and is cylindrical in shape. The selection of the ratio of the size of the outer and inner chambers controls the degree to which the boom floats above the water level and is submerged below the water level. The portions of the boom above and below the water level prevent, respectively, splashover of oil and the escape of oil under the boom. The boom is statically stable in that a strong righting moment tends to automatically properly reorient the boom in the event of undesirable wave, current or wind forces.

Abstract: A boom stick for use with log booms in water transport and storage of logs is formed by a plurality of vehicle tires (used) arranged in substantially axially aligned, side by side relationship with their tread surfaces forming the outer periphery of the boom stick. Axially extending reinforcing rods pass through the rim receiving holes in the tires and hold the tires together and a material (preferably foam concrete) having a higher specific gravity of less than 1 substantially fills the tires. In a preferred arrangement the tires are filled to a preselected level with light weight material and the remainder filled with a material having a higher specific gravity than the light weight material to provide a longitudinally extending heavy segment that orients the boom stick in the water.

Abstract: A system carried aboard tankers which upon deployment serves to positively contain oil leaking therefrom. A boot sealingly engages the hull while a buoyant boom supports the periphery of an impermeable liner attached to the boot. A skirt extending from the boom is tethered to the deck of the vessel. The entire system is normally maintained in a compact, folded form spooled up on a storage reel which is positioned on the deck of the tanker.

Abstract: This invention teaches that when a section of a tanker is damaged, the ship being far from shore-based help, it is imperative that the liquid cargo be transferred from the ruptured tank to an undamaged tank on the ship as quickly as possible. By doing so, the contents of the damaged tank are less likely to escape in a sufficiently voluminous quantity to seriously befoul the environment. To that end, a normally-empty emergency holding tank is provided on the ship with means to provide for emergency transfer of the liquid cargo from the damaged section into the emergency holding tank. At the same time, the ruptured tank is enshrouded by a flexible barrier curtain to entrap whatever liquid cargo that may have leaked from the damaged tank.

Abstract: A high temperature resistant flotation core and a high temperature resistant oil containment boom which allows for the in-situ burning of spilled or leaked oil during offshore oil spill cleanup operations are disclosed. The boom can also be used for precautionary fire containment during non-burn oil spill cleanups and can be easily recovered and redeployed.

Abstract: A system for recovery of plastic material floating on the surface of water in a settling basin is disclosed. The system includes a transportable trailer having a hoist extendable from the trailer. Additionally, the trailer includes a floating boom structure extendable between the shoreline of the basin for dividing the basin into a first surface are a and a second surface area both containing floating plastic material. The trailer further includes a pump suspendable from the hoist for pumping the plastic material from the settling basin to a transportable container positioned on the shore of the settling basin. The pump includes an intake base that is positioned at a predetermined distance below the surface of the settling basin to aid in the operation of the system. The plastic recovery system of the present invention provides a method to quickly and efficiently recover plastic materials floating on the surface of the water while increasing the safety to the operator of the system during its operation.

Abstract: An arrangement to increase (or decrease) the temperature in sea or lake water within a limited area.The arrangement is constituted by a basin (F, P1-P4, V1-V3, N1-N3 etc.) which is constructed and located in the sea water which temperature is desired increased. The basin shall primarily make the water circulation difficult between the basin and the outer sea so that a temperature difference is achieved, but it is not fully tight to allow a certain circulation. In one model (FIG. 1) the water circulation is uncontrolled with firm and statically arranged elements (YP1-YP3, HP1-HP7, E1-E10). In another model (FIG. 5) the elements of the basin (J1-E10). In another model (FIG. 5) the elements of the basin (J1-J3) are operated with regard to a temperature aimed at. Several more models (FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 12 etc.) are described.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for removing a floating pollutant such as oil from a liquid such as water by passing the oil and water over the top of a weir and allowing the oil and water to fall between a side of the weir and a baffle closely adjacent to the weir and extending into a pool at the bottom of the weir. Oil collects in a quiet area adjacent the baffle while the water passes over a subsequent weir to removal.

Abstract: A redeployable, high temperature oil containment boom which allows for the in-situ burning of spilled or leaked oil during offshore oil spill cleanup operations is disclosed. The boom can be used for precautionary fire containment during non-burn oil spill cleanups and can be easily recovered and redeployed.

Abstract: A high temperature oil containment boom which allows for the in-situ burning of spilled or leaked oil during offshore oil spill cleanup operations is disclosed. The boom can be used for precautionary fire containment during non-burn oil spill cleanups and can be easily recovered and redeployed.

Abstract: An improved contamination control boom having walls defining an elongated hollow flotation chamber. Apertures may be provided in the walls of the flotation chamber to allow material from the body of liquid on which the boom is utilized, which may be the liquid, the contaminant, or a mixture thereof. Pump means may be incorporated to remove the material from the flotation chamber. A float means is positioned inside the flotation chamber to provide a desired freeboard for the condition of liquid in the flotation chamber. Special materials may be utilized to fabricate the boom for high temperature resistant applications where the contaminent is burning, but the boom must continue to operate as a boom during the burning.