Oil Containment Fence and Method for Polar Ice Water Environment

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Yang, Lupeng, Xing, Zhiwei
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/474/2/022036; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/474/2/022036/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/474/2/022036

Abstract The polar regions are covered with ice and snow all the year round, and the environmental conditions are special. Many times of oil spill accidents in the polar regions have brought great pollution to the marine environment. According to the environmental characteristics of the polar ice area, a kind of polar oil fence and its method are designed. When the oil spill accident occurs, the tugboat can quickly enclose the oil to slow down the diffusion of oil spill, so as to reduce environmental pollution and economic loss. With the prosperity of shipping in high latitude area, the possibility of oil spill accident is increasing. This method will have a broad application prospect. It has certain guiding significance for the oil spills in the northern sea area and the Arctic in cold winter.