Comparing ignitability for in situ burning of oil spills for an asphaltenic, a waxy and a light crude oil as a function of weathering conditions under arctic conditions

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Fritt Rasmussen, Janne ^a   Brandvik, Per Johan ^b   Villumsen, Arne ^a   Stenby, Erling H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Crude oils; In situ burning; Laboratory experiments; Oil spill; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BURNING TESTS; CONTINGENCY PLANNING; CRUDE OILS; HIGH WATER CONTENT; ICE CONDITIONS; ICE COVER; IGNITABILITY; IN-SITU; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIGHT OIL; OIL COMPOSITION; OPEN WATER; OPERATIONAL USE; TIME WINDOWS; VOLATILE COMPONENTS; WEATHERING CONDITIONS; WEATHERING DEGREE;

CRUDE OIL; LABORATORIES; OIL SPILLS; WEATHERING;

ICE;

ASPHALTENE; CRUDE OIL; LABORATORY METHOD; OIL SPILL; WATER CONTENT; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84856098585     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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