Estimating the oil droplet size distributions in deepwater oil spills

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-207

  Chen, Fanghui ^a,b   Yapa, Poojitha D ^b  

^a Quantitative Environmental Analysis LLC   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water; Estimation; Experimental data; Oil spill; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENTROPY; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

DEEPWATER BLOWOUT; OIL DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

OIL SPILLS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENTROPY; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL SPILLS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

DEEP WATER; DROPLET; ENTROPY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS BALANCE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 33846448720     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:2(197)     Document Type: Article

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