DEVELOPMENT OF A FLARING BURNER OIL DISPOSAL SYSTEM*

ABSTRACT A flaring burner for disposal of oil recovered from spill cleanup operations has been built and tested, and is being incorporated into a prototype Flaring Burner Disposal System for the U.S. Coast Guard. This system will meet Coast Guard requirements for air transportability, rapid deployment, and safe operation in remote arctic or offshore locations. Tests demonstrated that the burner was capable of the following:Smokeless burning of light oil at a design rate of 180 gallons per minute (gpm), with water spray addition.Burning of 200-centistoke (cs) oils with acceptable smoke and low droplet fallout at rates up to 90 gpm.Burning of 1600-cs oil with smoke and droplet-fallout levels that may be acceptable under certain circumstances. This viscosity was in excess of the Coast Guard design objectives for viscosity level.Smokeless burning of low-viscosity water-in-oil emulsions.Nearly smokeless burning of light oils at reduced rates without water spray addition (a consideration for arctic usage).

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Using Learning Objects for Rapid Deployment to Mobile Learning Devices for the U.S. Coast Guard

Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-503-2.ch303 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 527-540

Author(s):

Pamela T. Northrup ◽

William T. Harrison Jr.

Keyword(s):

Mobile Learning ◽

Learning Objects ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Coast Guard ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Development Tool ◽

Content Development ◽

Rapid Deployment ◽

The U.S ◽

Beta Test

This chapter introduces the use of a learning objects content development tool, the eLearning Objects Navigator, (eLONTM) as a strategy for creating, classifying, and retrieving reusable learning objects and reusable information objects. The use of eLONTM provides a context for rapid deployment of these SCORM-conformant packages to mobile learning devices as well as to learning management systems for a beta test with the U.S. Coast Guard Institute. Presented in this chapter is the underlying theoretical framework for the development of eLONTM as well as the specific design decisions made regarding the deployment of PDA mobile learning devices to military personnel. Furthermore, initial results from the beta test yield positive results as well as a series of lessons learned.

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SELF-CONTAINED OIL RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR USE IN PROTECTED WATERS

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1983-1-73 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 1983 (1) ◽

pp. 73-79

Author(s):

Steven Cohen ◽

Stephen Dalton

Keyword(s):

Oil Recovery ◽

Hazardous Materials ◽

Coast Guard ◽

Recovery System ◽

Water Separator ◽

Speed Range ◽

Environmental Test ◽

Oil Water ◽

Rapid Deployment ◽

The U.S

ABSTRACT The U.S. Coast Guard's success with the high seas skimming barrier prompted the development of a smaller, half-scale version for use in protected bays and harbors. The smaller version (SCOOP) enables more rapid deployment with significantly fewer people. Individual components of the system include a 65-foot section of skimming barrier with redesigned skimming struts, 200 feet of containment boom, two 30-foot work boats for storage, transport, and operation of the system, trailers to carry the boats to the scene, and an oil recovery system including double-acting diaphragm pump, gravity-type oil-water separator, and 750-gallon collapsible storage bags. In tests at the Environmental Protection Agency's Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) facility, the SCOOP exhibited recovery efficiencies between 30 percent and 60 percent over a speed range of 0.5 to 1.75 knots. The oil recovery rate was between 30 and 70 gallons per minute over the same speed range. At speeds below 0.9 knots there were no losses of oil from the boom. The system has been delivered to the Coast Guard Gulf Strike Team in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where it is being evaluated through use in routine spill response operations and exercises.

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Coast Guard Requirements for Marine Vapor Control Systems

Marine Technology and SNAME News ◽

10.5957/mt1.1991.28.5.270 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 28 (05) ◽

pp. 270-275

Author(s):

Robert H. Fitch ◽

Gordon D. Marsh

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Control Systems ◽

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

Quality Standards ◽

Coast Guard ◽

Protection Agency ◽

Safe Operation ◽

Air Quality Standards ◽

The U.S

The paper describes the U.S. Coast Guard's efforts to establish regulations for marine vapor control systems that will maintain the safe operation of tankships, tank barges, and waterfront facilities when the more stringent air-quality standards are implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency. The reasons for the new standards are given. Marine vapor control systems are described, along with their attendant hazards. The development and nature of the Coast Guard's regulations are described and, finally, international efforts in the area are briefly reviewed.

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Sailing Vessel Stability—with Particular Reference to the Pride of Baltimore Casualty

Marine Technology and SNAME News ◽

10.5957/mt1.1989.26.2.87 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 26 (02) ◽

pp. 87-104

Author(s):

Howard A. Chatterton ◽

John C. Maxham

Keyword(s):

Coast Guard ◽

Critical Element ◽

Stability Criteria ◽

Safe Operation ◽

Intact Stability ◽

Velocity Relationship ◽

Small Craft ◽

Vessel Stability ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The U.S

Stability is a critical element in the design and safe operation of sailing vessels. This paper discusses U.S. Coast Guard requirements for the intact stability of sailing vessels with emphasis on wind heel and dynamic stability criteria for passenger and sailing school vessels. The effects of deck edge immersion, downflooding angle, range of stability and intended route are examined in detail. The righting energy and wind velocity relationship of the U.S. Navy's small craft criteria is analyzed and applied. The Pride of Baltimore casualty is reviewed as an example of wind effects on a sailing vessel under various conditions of sail.

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Using Learning Objects for Rapid Deployment to Mobile Learning Devices for the U.S. Coast Guard

Mobile Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-054-7.ch114 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1381-1395

Author(s):

Pamela T. Northrup ◽

William T. Harrison Jr.

Keyword(s):

Mobile Learning ◽

Learning Objects ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Coast Guard ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Development Tool ◽

Content Development ◽

Rapid Deployment ◽

The U.S ◽

Beta Test

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Fostering Information Literacy in the Management Education at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Asian Journal of Interdisciplinary Research ◽

10.34256/ajir1931 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Alina M. Zapalska ◽

Ben Wroblewski

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

Information Literacy ◽

Management Education ◽

Management Program ◽

Coast Guard ◽

Sequential Approach ◽

Step Process ◽

New Knowledge ◽

The U.S

This paper illustrates the information literacy (IL) strategy in an undergraduate Management program at U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The paper exemplifies a sequential approach that improves students’ capabilities to evaluate and apply information in a specifically designed learning environment while generating new knowledge in undergraduate business coursework. The paper also emphasizes how IL can be developed within management coursework through a six-step process, including defining, locating, selecting, organizing, presenting, and assessing. This specially designed framework of IL learning can be applied across all relevant courses using specially designed assignments in the Management major.

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