DIFIS: Double Inverted Funnel for Intervention on Ship wrecks

DIFIS is an innovative method for the prompt and efficient intervention on ship wrecks in order to contain eventual hydrocarbon leaks and, successively, collect all the trapped hydrocarbons from the wreck thus preventing potential ecological disasters and protecting marine environment. The DIFIS system consists from a flexible dome that captures the leaking pollutants rising from the wreck. The pollutant / water mix is channeled, through a riser tube, to a buffer reservoir / separator, 30-50 m below the sea surface from which, the pollutant is periodically pumped to a shuttle tanker. The system is meant to be deployed as soon as possible after a maritime disaster; it can be left, virtually unattended, for many months until all pollutants have been evacuated from the wreck.

ANDRITSOS Fivos;  KONSTANTINOPOULOS Panayotis; 

2010-07-06

Geniko Epiteleio Naftikou (Hellenic Navy General Staff)

JRC52553

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC52553,