JBF Environmental Technology
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OPERATING CONCEPT AND LIMITS
i)
Transportation & Storage
The DIP 500 can be transported over land using a truck and flatbed
trailer capable of hauling 6000 lb, air transport or an ocean going vessel
with deck space of 8 feet by 16 feet to the scene. The units have 4
stacking pins located in each topside corner that match 4 holes located
in the 4 corner feet of the unit so that they can securely be stacked 2
high during storage. The unit has fork lift slots and lifting bridles for
loading and deploying operations.
ii)
Deployment time & Configurations
The DIP 500 can be easily transported to the scene at top transit speed.
Using 4 people the unit can be assembled and deployed in less than 50
minutes from the deck of the support vessel
iii) Oil
Recovery
The DIP 500 is capable of recovering oil
at speeds from1 to 3.5 knots
with extremely high throughput efficiencies. The DIP 500 doesn’t require
thick layers of oil in contained pools, in order to be efficient. The DIP 500
operates equally well in thin slicks and thick oil and in light refined
products or high viscosity oils.
iv) Speed
limitations
Trials were conducted with the DIP 500. The unit was towed with boom
connected at 3 knots in sea state 1 conditions with winds up to 7 knots
for 4 minutes. No damage occurred to the unit. The unit is capable of
