HOVERSPILL

Hovercraft trial at CEDRE’s technical facilities, illustrating the water-to-land transition

The Hoverspill project falls within one of CEDRE's primary missions which aims to test and enhance spill response techniques and equipment.

The aim is to develop an autonomous system capable of working at difficult access and ecologically sensitive sites using air cushion vehicle (or hovercraft) technology.

The project also includes the development of a diphasic oil-water separator, deployed during skimming operations on floating slicks, and assembled together with the recovery system (skimmer + pump).

As part of the Hoverspill project, CEDRE conducted tests on the system's spill response components (skimmers, pumps and separator) and performed trials/demonstrations of the vehicle in CEDRE's water basin as well as in the Loire estuary.

This project resulted in the development of a Multipurpose Air Cushion Platform (MACP) designed for a range of applications including spill response.

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Opérations in difficult access areas: the Hoverspill project.
Inland waters technical newsletter 2013, n° 20, pp. 8-9

Video of the hovercraft, tests on the main river Po in Italy

IOSC Publications

Turbylec: development and experimental validation of an innovative centrifugal oil - water separator

G. Maj, M. Laurent, M. Mastrangeli, and Y. Lecoffre (2014) Turbylec: development and experimental validation of an innovative centrifugal oil - water separator. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings: May 2014, Vol. 2014, No. 1, pp. 634-648.

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Hoverspill: a new amphibious vehicle for responding in difficult-to-access sites

The Hoverspill consortium (2014) Hoverspill: a new amphibious vehicle for responding in difficult-to-access sites. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings: May 2014, Vol. 2014, No. 1, pp. 649-659.

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