Shalaginov A.A.

At present day, due to the increasing volumes of oil products transported, as well as the continuously increasing international circulation of goods and the growing number of ships sailing the world’s oceans and seas (taking into account the cost effectiveness and fairly high reliability of maritime transport and the shoreline location of exporting countries), the problem of removing oil spills and other scum or floating debris from the water surface is extremely relevant.

Therefore, to enable more effective pollution removal, larger operating areas, reduced time required for removing contaminants, higher reliability during removing oil spills or floating debris from the water surface, as well as simple mechanization of the appliances used, the present work offers several devices referred to as “apparatuses for removing contaminants from the surface of water”. As for the capacity of the apparatuses, it can be said that, all other things being equal, the application of such devices enables more ecologically efficient removal of contaminants from an area of 5 –7 ha, with minimum overhead costs, thereby ensuring not only faster cleanup of water surface, but also thousands of saved marine inhabitants.

The devices are simple in design, easy to manufacture, efficient and reliable during operation and require no special training for the operating personnel.

A few designs of modern devices for removing contaminants from bodies of water are presented in this work