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Title	THE ELENI V OIL SPILL
Accession No	00196213
Journal Title	Pollution Monitor No. 44
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Wealden Press Limited
Publication Date	19780800
Description	p. 17
Abstract	Following the collision of the Greek Motor Vessel Eleni V and a French ore carrier off the coast of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, in May 1978, a Mk II-9 Oil Mop machine was set up on the North Beach area of Lowestoft where an extensive pocket of oil was trapped behind the ruins of an old sea wall. After 3 hr of operation an effective recovery rate of 5 TPH was established. Vacuum trucks set up by the local Council found it impossible to pump the oil so a small steam generating plant was brought in to heat the oil. Two more Mk II-9 and 1 Mk II-4 machines were put into service, and because there was only 1 generating plant, all the equipment was operated in close formation. Overall recovery by the machines during the 16 d period was 1,024 T. The oil:water ratio in the emulsion was reasonably stable at about 50:50. Free water mechanically trapped in the recovered oil, and the water from the generating plant, was decanted from the vacuum trucks before they left to discharge their loads.
TRT Terms	Oil recovery equipment ; Oil spill cleanup
Other Terms	Oil removal equipment; Oil spill removal; Ss eleni v
Subject Areas	M14 POLLUTION ABATEMENT AND CONTROL
Availability	Wealden Press Limited
Document Source	Pollution Abstracts
TRIS Files	MRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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