U.S. Navy Ship Salvage Manual Volume 6 - Oil Spill Response

S0300-A6-MAN-060Figure 5-8. Sorbent Material Characteristics.effective method is to deploy containment and sorbent boom together. Sorbents applied to containedoil can suppress waves and help prevent oil from splashing over booms.5-2.5 Other Recovery Methods. Other recovery methods and devices include vacuum systems,nets, mechanical grabs, manual recovery, vortex skimmers and screw pumps.5-2.5.1 Vacuum Systems. Vacuum tank trucks like those used to collect industrial, agriculturalor sewage sludges can pickup oil effectively when significant quantities of oil can be reachedfrom piers or shorelines that the trucks can drive along. Vacuum trucks or systems can bemounted on boats or barges to access oil further from shore.Most vacuum systems can draw oil through hoses directly from the water into the tanks. Vacuumsystems are subject to the same restrictions as discussed for suction devices in Paragraph 5-2.2and can be clogged by debris. Large amounts of water will be picked up along with the oil, espe-5-11