ASTM F1737-07
(Guide)Standard Guide for Use of Oil Spill Dispersant Application Equipment During Spill Response: Boom and Nozzle Systems
Standard Guide for Use of Oil Spill Dispersant Application Equipment During Spill Response: Boom and Nozzle Systems
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This guide provides information, procedures, and requirements for management and operation of dispersant spray application equipment (boom and nozzle systems) in oil spill response.
This guide provides information on requirements for storage and maintenance of dispersant spray equipment and associated materials.
This guide will aid operators in ensuring that a dispersant spray operation is carried out in an effective manner.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers the essential considerations for the maintenance, storage, and use of oil spill dispersant application systems.
1.2 This guide is applicable to spray systems employing booms and nozzles and not to other systems such as fire monitors, sonic distributors, or fan-spray guns.
1.3 This guide is applicable to systems employed on ships or boats and helicopters or airplanes.
1.4 This guide is one of four related to dispersant application systems. Guide F 1413 covers design, Practice F 1460 covers calibration, Test Method F 1738 covers deposition, and Guide F 1737 covers the use of the systems. Familiarity with all four standards is recommended.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The inch-pound units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation:F1737–07
Standard Guide for
Use of Oil Spill Dispersant Application Equipment During
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Spill Response: Boom and Nozzle Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1737; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3. Significance and Use
1.1 This guide covers the essential considerations for the 3.1 This guide provides information, procedures, and re-
maintenance,storage,anduseofoilspilldispersantapplication quirements for management and operation of dispersant spray
systems. application equipment (boom and nozzle systems) in oil spill
1.2 This guide is applicable to spray systems employing response.
booms and nozzles and not to other systems such as fire 3.2 This guide provides information on requirements for
monitors, sonic distributors, or fan-spray guns. storage and maintenance of dispersant spray equipment and
1.3 This guide is applicable to systems employed on ships associated materials.
or boats and helicopters or airplanes. 3.3 This guide will aid operators in ensuring that a dispers-
1.4 This guide is one of four related to dispersant applica- ant spray operation is carried out in an effective manner.
tion systems. Guide F1413 covers design, Practice F1460
4. Equipment Types For Vessels and Aircraft
covers calibration, Test Method F1738 covers deposition, and
4.1 A spraying system consists of one or more pumps,
GuideF1737coverstheuseofthesystems.Familiaritywithall
four standards is recommended. flowmeters, storage tanks, spray booms, and nozzles that are
mounted in various configurations depending on the platform.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. The inch-pound units given in parentheses are for 4.2 Dispersant application systems on ships or boats may be
portable or permanently installed. Vessels may have built-in
information only.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the dispersant storage tanks and on-board pumps for use with the
spraying system.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4.3 Dispersant application systems on helicopters are most
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- commonly slung beneath the aircraft, with remote controls
available to the pilot. Some specially configured helicopters
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
have integral tanks and pumps. Helicopter spraying systems
2. Referenced Documents
are available with dispersant capacity of about 500 to 2000 L
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2.1 ASTM Standards: (120 to 500 U.S. gal).
F1413 Guide for Oil Spill Dispersant Application Equip- 4.4 Dispersant application systems on single-engine air-
ment: Boom and Nozzle Systems planes have a built-in tank and pump, with the booms attached
F1460 Practice for Calibrating Oil Spill Dispersant Appli- to the wings. Dispersant capacity varies with the airplane
cation Equipment Boom and Nozzle Systems design but is about 400 to 4000 L (100 to 1000 U.S. gal).
F1738 Test Method for Determination of Deposition of 4.5 Dispersant application systems can also be installed on
Aerially Applied Oil Spill Dispersants large multiengine airplanes. These must be designed for each
type of aircraft, and will include one or more pumps, flowme-
ters, dispersant storage tanks, and spray booms with nozzles.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F20 on Hazardous
The airplane type and payload capability will determine the
Substances and Oil Spill Response and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
available dispersant capacity from about 4000 to 20 000 L
F20.13 on Treatment.
(1000 to 5000 U.S. gal).
Current edition approved April 1, 2007. Published April 2007. Originally
approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as F1713 – 96 (1999).
5. Equipment Configuration for Vessels and Aircraft
DOI: 10.1520/F1737-07.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
5.1 Vessels—Dispersant spray systems for boats have been
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
designed for many types of craft. Most systems use water-
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. compatible “concentrate” dispersants diluted with seawater
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