Boom Choosing Guidelines
Below please find a guideline for choosing booms and skimmers based on the environment where the booms/skimmers are going to be used.

 

TYPE OF SPILL

Offshore

Near shore

River

Harbour/Jetty

Beach

Onshore

Booms chosen

R-Boom 2200, 2000, 1800, 1500

Ro-Boom 1300, 1000. Ro-Fence 900, 610

Ro-Boom 610.
Ro-Fence 900, 610

Troilboom GP 750, 450

Ro-Beach 800, Troilboom GP 450

Ro-Clean Desmi Sorbent Boom



Troilboom  Ro-Boom

There are some general guidelines to be taken into consideration when choosing a boom. Below please see a general guideline from the original IMO Level 1 Training Manual.

Calm water with waves less than 0.3 metres (lakes, harbours, etc)

Calm water with current (rivers)

Sheltered water with waves less than 1.5 metres (near shore areas)

Open water with waves more than 1.0 metres

Freeboard

0.2 – 0.5 m

0.3 – 0.5 m

0.4 – 0.6 m

0.5 – 1.0 m

Draft

0.2 – 0.5 m

0.3 – 0.7 m

0.4 – 0.8 m

 0.6 – 1.5 m

Buoyancy ratio*

3:1 – 10:1

3:1 – 10:1

5:1 – 12:1

 8:1 – 15:1

Total tensile strength

> 10 kN

> 30 kN

> 50 kN

> 150 kN

* Buoyancy ratio means the number of times a boom can carry its own weight. The relationship between the volume of the buoyancy chamber and the weight of the boom. For booms operation in wave conditions it is important that the buoyancy ratio is not too small.

Ro-Fence 
 Ro-Boom Beach