Tar Balls Collector for Mechanical Recovery in Combating Oil Spill on the Marine Environment

Abstract:

The impacts of oil spill on water pollution are more fatal than on the mainland because the spread of pollutants is larger and more massive. Various techniques are available for dealing with oil spill in the sea. However they turn out to be less effective in combating oil spill in the form of tar balls. Meanwhile, currents, tides and wind can carry tar balls far from the spill location. Therefore, emergency response must be deployed right away. Tar balls are finally collected manually by empowering fishermen in a short time which is quite difficult to be done. This paper discussed a tar balls collector that was designed based on net fishing tool and that it will be simply mounted on the side vessel or combating ship. Tar balls collector consists of several components including the clamp, long support, pulley, rings, frame of the net and net. Structure analysis of the long support of this tool was carried to determine force reaction and stress resultant. This equipment was designed to collect faster and more tar balls, hence reducing the impact of pollution on the marine environment.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 776)
• Pages: 331-336
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.776.331
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Cokorda Prapti Mahandari*, Mohamad Yamin, Dan Septian Andri Asandi
• Keywords: Mechanical Recovery, Oil Spill, Tar Balls Collector

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