Probabilistic Oil Outflow Analysis of Double Hull with Mid-Deck Tanker Design

摘要

The risk of environmental damage from tankers has been the subject ofconsiderable research and debate. Quantitative methods are important because the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA '90) regulations mandate that a study be carried out to determine whether other structural or operational tank vessel requirements would provide protection to the environment equal to, or greater than, double hull tanker designs. To evaluate alternative designs a rationally developed methodology based on expected oil outflow should be used. Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) was tasked to use this methodology to study five design variations of three tanker sizes utilizing damage statistics for tankers. A total of fifteen design configurations were studied.