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SEA STATE-INDEPENDENT OIL SKIMMING SYSTEM "SOS"The FUTURA-SOS-System, developed and designed to fight large oil spills in very challenging and specific operating conditions. In calm seas and in rough open seas. Absolutely unmatched today.
We arethe FUTURA-Maritime GmbH, registered in Kiel, Germany under HRB 11111 KI, a small but innovative Engineering Office developing and design technology mainly for the maritime market. We have accompanied and assisted the Technical University of Berlin in the past years in the role of an industrial consultant/partner in the development of the Sea State-Independent Oil Skimming System SOS. This system is patented for the University of Berlin and the FUTURA-Maritime GmbH is the worldwide exclusive licensee for the SOS-System. The system has been optimized in various simulation scenarios and tank tests. It has proven it’s superior performance in these tank tests. The innovative technology is now ready to be built.
How it worksThe skimming concept is based on purely hydrodynamic principles and is extremly robust since it works without moving parts. A specially shaped bow segment glides on the water surface, damping the waves. The oil layer flows underneath the SOS bow towards a transverse blade, which seperates oil from water. At the trailing edge of the bow segment, a vortex developes and accelerates the oil particles in addition to their positive buoyancy to the free water surface of the moon pool. Wave-induced sloshing effects convey the oil over adjustable slopes into oil sumps from where it is pumped off. The moon pool is equipped with so-called CUSP designs. This particular geometry ist utilized to reduce resistance at the stern of vehicles. In case of the SOS, the CUSP serves the purpose of stabilizing the vortex behind the bow segment as well as retaining the skimmed oil in the moon pool.
Performance to fight the oilspill in the gulf of mexico
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