Break-Up of Oil on Rough Seas - Simplified Models and Step-by-Step Calculations
Abstract
In this study, an attempt has been made to integrate the existing theoretical and experimental information regarding behavior of oil spills in the ocean into a unified, sequential calculation procedure. Major consideration has been given in the study to developing the least sophisticated calculation procedures which maintain a reasonable description of the totality of the physical processes. The principal phenomena included in the prediction of oil spill behavior are: combined spreading and evaporation, the interaction of waves within the slick with the slick and formation of oil droplets, dispersion of droplets in the water column and finally the formation and dispersion of slicklets due to turbulence in the ocean. The model has been exercised for four types of oils: light crude, heavy cruide, No. 2 fuel oil, and No. 6 fuel oil.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA118372
Entities
People
- E. Newman
- J. Ostlund
- K. Aravamudan
- P. Markondeya Raj
- Wayne C. Tucker
Organizations
- Arthur D. Little