Transportable pumps designed for firefighting used to salvage crude oil from tankships leaking, burning, or grounded. Pump incorporated into self-contained transportable module along with engine and controls. Module carried by helicopter, boat, or van to site of fire provides large quantities of water at high pressure in firefighting mode or pump oil into barge in salvage mode.
Transportable Pumps Could Save Oil Cargoes
NASA Tech Briefs ; 8 , 2
1984-11-01
Miscellaneous
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English
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