BP Seeks Suggestions for Alternative Technologies to Clean Up the Spill in the Gulf
BP is recruiting fisherman to help place boom to contain the spill. At first they issues contracts which, if signed, would have prevented the fisherman form suing the company. These contracts have been stopped and anyone who signed one has been assured that they are illegal and are null and void. Though the fisherman need the work those who were interviewed on the local news clearly stated that they feel working for BP is like going over to the enemy. But they also feel they have no choice.
Many people have come forward with suggestions and inventions to either contain the spill or clean the beaches. In order to make some order out of the deluge of calls they have designated a phone number just for the purpose of collecting this information. If you have such an invention or suggestion you should call 1-281-366-5511. This phone number was printed in all the local newspapers and apparently is being manned by BP staff.
Volunteers have begun cleaning the beaches because it is felt that if all debris is removed prior to the oil coming to shore the sand will be easier to clean. About 10 turtles were found dead onshore in Louisiana but autopsies revealed that the cause of death was not related to the spill.
If you are interested in volunteering please read this article for information on how to do so.
www.associatedcontent.com/article/2957042/volunteers_needed_to_help_with_disaster.html
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Post a Commentfunny, when things go bad its not the fellow in board room, that has the answers or the engineer, it john, joe public, then they steal the info implement it and forget were the got it and the the people who really do all the thinking,or they give it to there buddy,so the joe or jane public dont even get the recogonized they deserve cause their name isit rockfeller, or hues
take a 25000 Kva insulated line and take down bottom of ocean put several wraps around the bop and energize, create a magnetic field then start pumpig iron based drilling mud into casing the electromagnetic field should help in creating a internal plug giving enough time to instal a new bop or cap
or use the original top hat and put it over the bop, all rights reserved as stated below
a log boom would be more effective in containing the spill,at least you could contain the direction of flow with tugs and ships, pospheric acid used in coke cola would maybe be effective on oil as phosperous is good for plant life, a take section of beach 10-20 miles start your log boom from either side go a hundred miles out create a funnel and let the tide bring the oil to a clean up point, if you dragged a hundred mile logg boom with shipps you could bring the oil into a collection point . if you use this idea would like 10% royalities and regonition, and a employment in the development of a international emergency response company for events like this
I work with inflatable air bladders all the time. They r very strong and likely not a good idea given the depth n pressure. however it might be worth looking at the possibility of using ur subs(since they obviously can reach it) to jam a large air bladder into the pipe. Then instead of air pump it hard full of water. it may swell and lodge good enough to cap the line. i am no engineer so if this looks like it might would work it is on u to burp out the air so as to use only water for filling the bladder. south ms. is my home Waveland to be exact. so please try sumthin less high tech and jus look to the lil folks for a fix. 200 engineers can fight it out froever while some dumb redneck has the fix all along. try somthing that has a chance. we already know u r going to make us pay for all this so please try to minimize our obligation by thinking old school. give u on technology and jus start trying somthing new everyday. sry so rude but this has gone on long enough. the gulf coast has se
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Paper that adsorbs water will usually sink, paper is non toxic, and biodegradable, and poses little or no negative environmental impact.
Deployment of shredded paper for oil cleanup is likely to work for terrestrial applications such as beaches marshes, and wetlands.
RJT
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Cellulose present in wood, straw, hay, sawdust yard waste, is the major constituent in paper. Cellulose has a greater affinity to petroleum than to water, though as we all know will adsorb water readily. Natural cellulose containing materials such as listed above may be considered for oil adsorption.
RJT
I sail as Chief Engineer aboard University of Hawaii Oceanographic Research ships, I hold License as Chief Engineer Unlimited, and Master Mariner, as well as other credentials.
My suggestion for cleanup assistance is to deploy shredded paper, preferably newsprint, or other coarse paper.
Tons of such wastepaper exists in collection centers and recyclers.
Deployment on to existing oil slicks and accumulated oil can be easily acomplished with ordinary industrial wood chippers available at facilities such as local equipment rental yards, and industrial machinery dealers.
The paper that adsorbs oil will float, and can be recovered by skimmers, raked up, or recovered by other mechanical means.
The oil soaked paper is easily incinerated in commercial or municipal facilities, or in situ where collected.
I have used newspaper to separate oil from water sucessfully for many years.
I have used straw to detect the presence of oil in wastewater.
Cellulose, present
Clean up; Instead of dispursants suck the oil off the surface with 3 inch or 6 inch self priming pumps, pump into 500 gal plastic drums, you can see the oil on top and the water on bottom, drain or pump the water from the bottom, pump the oil into a tanker. Why try to break the oil up. Oil and water do not mix. If they do emulsify they will separate again when allowed to sit a few minutes. Pumps, barges, tanks are low tech and readily available. Vacuum the surface with pumps and pump them into see through containers. You can see the oil and the water.
Surround a hose with an air blanket. Insert hose into broken pipe. Then inflate the air blanket. To counteract the pressure of oil from well insert a manifold with a T. On the up link of the T will be a hose going to the surface. Backside of the T will be a valve. When the manifold is inserted into the leaking pipe the oil will go out the end of the T to allow insertion of this manifold into broken pipe. After air blanket is inflated the T valve can then be shut off diverting oil to surface. Insert a 'pin' or multiple 'pins' into manifold to keep it from blowing out.
Perhaps if the executives of BP each cash out half of their savings, they could bundle that cash together and use it to plug the pipe... Better make it their whole savings, just to be safe.