Safety enhancement of portable oil spill skimmer (POSS) via computational fluid dynamics for liquid sloshing analysis

Abdullah, Lokman and Ramanathan, Rprakash and Md Fauadi, Muhammad Hafidz Fazli and Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Syafiq and Zamri, Ruzaidi and Abdul Hamid, Rahimah and Jamaludin, Zamberi and Mohd Aras, Mohd Shahrieel (2025) Safety enhancement of portable oil spill skimmer (POSS) via computational fluid dynamics for liquid sloshing analysis. IIUM Engineering Journal, 26 (3). pp. 371-385. ISSN 2289-7860

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Abstract

The Portable Oil Spill Skimmer (POSS) was designed and developed due to several disadvantages of the current methods of Oil Spill Response and Recovery (OSRR). The POSS was designed as a complementary method to aid the OSRR tasks. However, during the POSS maneuverability testing, the POSS experiences instability when moving in different directions. The imbalance occurs when there is the presence of oil in the oil tank. Based on the literature study, the liquid sloshing effect was the reason why the POSS experiences instability. Thus, this research aims to analyse the impact of liquid sloshing in an oil tank and the implementation of baffles to reduce the effect. The analysis was conducted using SolidWorks Flow Simulation to simulate the liquid sloshing in the oil tank. The simulation was conducted in two situations, with and without baffles, to compare the results. According to the obtained results, with the implementation of 3 baffles, the sloshing effect was reduced to 392 N of torque force from 1195.43 N without baffles. The reduction was significant as the sloshing effect cannot be eliminated, thus the torque force of 392 N was enough to minimise the stability issue of the POSS.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Liquid sloshing, Portable oil spill skimmer, Oil spill response and recovery, Baffles
Divisions:	Faculty Of Industrial And Manufacturing Technology And Engineering
Depositing User:	Sabariah Ismail
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2026 03:43
Last Modified:	18 Aug 2026 03:43
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/30271
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