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Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology

INNOVATIVE AND NOVEL CONCEPT IN RIVER SURFACE CLEANING USING RIVER TRASH SKIMMER OF ZERO EMISSIONS – IT’S IMPLEMENTATION, APPROACH & METHODOLOGY

  1. Bh. Nagesh
  2. Mr. M Upendra
  3. Ms. T. Hadassah
  4. Prof. (Dr.) I.N. NiranjanKumar

Abstract

With the increase in global plastic pollution in rivers and lakes which is adversely affecting the human and aquatic life. In this paper we present the design and analysis of Zero emission River Trash Cleaner (z-RTC) which is a electrically operated self-propelled floater with trash collecting arms and trash processing plant on the floater. The z-RTC collects the trash and the processing plant on the floater separates the plastic from the trash. The design and analysis of the z-RTC covers the general arrangement, stability, hydrodynamics and structural analysis. The collected plastic will be converted to lubricant oils by having an on-site pyrolysis plant. The last section of the paper discusses about the benefits and cost estimation of z-RTC
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