Patent ID: 6488445
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
A method for spill response operation in flowing waters using oil booms to deflect substances floating on the water to an oil recovery device characterized by:one end of an oil boom being connected to a waterborne current rudder to which one end of a mooring line is connected; the other end of the mooring line being secured to a first, relative to the water flow, fixed point, enabling the current rudder and the end of the oil boom to traverse the water flow outwards from the shore; and the other end of the oil boom being secured to a second fixed point ashore which is in the approximate direction of the water flow relative to the first fixed point and at a distance from the latter exceeding the total length of the oil boom, so that the entire length of the oil boom is positioned between the current rudder and the second fixed point at an angle relative to the direction of the water flow.