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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/11850| Title: | Ice observation program on the semisubmersible drilling vessel SEDCO 708 |
| Authors: | United States. Department of the Interior. ARCO Alaska, Inc. Minsk, L. D. (L. David) |
| Keywords: | Alaska Icephobic coatings Aleutian Shelf Offshore drilling Ice Oil drilling vessels Ice formation Oil fields Ice prevention Spray icing |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Special report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 84-2. |
| Description: | Technical report Abstract: A semisubmersible drilling vessel (SEDCO 708) was equipped with ice detectors and ice accretion measurement devices, and observations were conducted while it drilled an exploratory well on the North Aleutian Shelf. One significant storm occurred 3-8 January 1983, which resulted in light spray ice accretion, estimated at 30 tons and a maximum thickness of 5 in. on understructure diagonal trusses. Only minor icing (less than 1 in.) occurred on the windward main columns (30 ft diameter). Comparison with the 1979 Ocean Bounty icing event suggests that wind speed is the significant parameter influencing icing severity, and that light icing will occur at average speeds around 30 knots and heavy icing around 88 knots, with undefined severity within the range. Four icephobic coatings were exposed on test panels; one was effective. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/11850 |
| Appears in Collections: | Special Report |
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| SR-84-2.pdf | 3.33 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |