Soot production from in-situ oil fires: Review of the literature, measurement and estimation techniques and calculation of values from experimental spills

Proceedings of the 19th Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 999-1032

  Fingas, Merv F ^a   Li, Ken ^a   Ackerman, Francine ^a   Wang, Zhendi ^a   Lambert, Pat ^a   Gamble, Lloyd ^a   Trespalacios, Miguel J ^b   Schuetz, Steve ^b   Turpin, Rod ^c   Campagna, Phil ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Weston   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITION; DIESEL ENGINES; DUST; FIRES; INTEGRATION; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SMOKE; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CARBON BALANCE METHOD; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; LASER PARTICLE SIZING; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; STRONG CORRELATION;

SOOT;

EID: 0344753101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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