TEST RESULTS OF A PROTOTYPE OF A MOBILE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SPILL CONTAINMENT FACILITY

This article presents the results of testing a prototype of a mobile vehicle designed to localize oil and oil products spills at onshore facilities for their production, transportation, transshipment, storage and processing. The work was carried out in the development of previous theoretical studies, in which the design and geometric parameters of the mobile means of oil and oil product spill containment were substantiated, as well as the main factors affecting the stability of its structure under the influence of a distributed load equivalent to the pressure of the oil and oil products layer were determined. The purpose of the tests was to obtain experimental data necessary to assess the stability of the mobile localization device structure on various types of the underlying surface. A comparison of the behavior of the structure when changing the distributed load and the characteristics of the underlying surface is carried out, dependencies reflecting the general patterns of interaction of the mobile means of localization with the underlying surface are determined. The data obtained allow us to consider the test results as a basis for further refinement of calculation models, improvement of design solutions and development of practical recommendations for the use of mobile means in the localization and elimination of the consequences of emergency spills of oil and petroleum products in various natural disasters and man-made accidents at industrial, transport and infrastructure facilities.