Minibytes by Al Allen The rate at which one can encounter a specific volume of floating oil is one of the most important parameters in the overall assessment of a given response system’s ability to access and eliminate spilled oil. Regardless of the type of system under consideration (i.e., skimming, burning or applying chemical dispersants),
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Minibytes by Al Allen Kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes are terms used in the world of computers involving information storage or system memory. If a byte is described as 8 Bits (a “Bit” being the smallest unit of information a computer uses), then it seems reasonable that a “minibyte” could be an expression of a small amount
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Since the early 1990s, when the U.S. Coast Guard regulations codifying the Oil Pollution Act 90 came into force, some spill response equipment manufacturers assigned unrealistic Nameplate Capacity ratings to their oil skimmers, loosely based on the ability of an integral pump to move water through the system. (Nameplate Capacity is the number used to represent skimmer performance.) But
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