Thomsea
Application field
Antipollution trawl approved by the French Navy during
« Prestige » disaster, the THOMSEA is a very easy
system with an important skimming capacity.
The system is efficient at collecting:
-Oils: as shown by collection of fuel oil from the sunken
“Prestige”.
-Macro floating debris such as: plastics bags, bottles, cans,
vegetable matters.
Technical field
The filter pocket of the THOMSEA system can be easily
and quickly changed (5 minutes) without bringing it onboard.
Maximum width of the trawling system throat (10m) with a
2m wide boat.
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Technical
specification of the antipollution trawl |
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CHALUT THOMSEA
VENDEE |
CHALUT THOMSEA
JUNIOR |
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Dimensions of the trawl
(complete and inflated) |
Lenght
: 20 m
Beam : 21 m |
Lenght
: 7 m
Beam : 7 m |
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Weight of the trawl system |
550 kg |
150 kg |
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Volume
(complete deflated system) |
1,5 m³ the whole |
0,5 m³ the whole |
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skimming capacity |
≈ 7 tons |
≈ 2 tons |
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Maximum opening of the filtration pocket
(90 cm above sea level and 90 cm below) |
4,50 m x 1,80 m |
1,70 m x 1,40 m |
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Minimum size required for vessel |
at least 12 m long |
Minimum of 4 m lenght,
rubber dinghy type boat |
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Minimum power required |
150 hp |
20 hp |
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Trawling speed |
1,5 à 2 knots |
1,5 à 2 knotss |
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