Recovery of oil‐pollutant from shipwrecks: DIFIS project
International Journal of Structural Integrity
ISSN: 1757-9864
Article publication date: 24 August 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe a method for the prompt intervention and remediation of tanker wrecks, for recovering the fuel trapped in their tanks.
Design/methodology/approach
The environmental conditions, the functional specifications, the conceptual and preliminary design, the computational methods (fluid/structure interaction, computational fluid dynamics analysis and finite element analysis), the hydrodynamic scale model tests and the dynamic response analysis are included in this research paper.
Findings
The paper provides analytical and numerical tools for the response of subsea structures. These tools were calibrated by hydrodynamic scale model tests and extrapolated for different depths (shallow, deep water and ultra deep water).
Research limitations/implications
The method is applicable as long as the trapped pollutant does not dissolve and is of lower density than the sea water.
Originality/value
This paper presents a new structure for the oil recovery from shipwrecks, which is simple and quickly deployed.
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Citation
Mazarakos, D.E., Andritsos, F. and Kostopoulos, V. (2012), "Recovery of oil‐pollutant from shipwrecks: DIFIS project", International Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 285-319. https://doi.org/10.1108/17579861211264398
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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