Droplet breakup in subsea oil releases - Part 2: Predictions of droplet size distributions with and without injection of chemical dispersants

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 327-335

  Johansen, Øistein ^a   Brandvik, Per Johan ^a   Farooq, Umer ^a  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical dispersants; Droplet size distribution; Model predictions; Subsea blowouts

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANTS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS VOID FRACTION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTION;

DROPS; FORECASTING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEST FACILITIES;

BLOWOUTS;

OIL DISPERSANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DROPLET; MARINE POLLUTION; MODELING; OIL SPILL; PREDICTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS; OIL SPILL; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MODEL PREDICTIONS; SUBSEA BLOWOUTS;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881025422     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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