Evolution of droplets in subsea oil and gas blowouts: Development and validation of the numerical model VDROP-J

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-69

  Zhao, Lin ^a   Boufadel, Michel C ^a   Socolofsky, Scott A ^b   Adams, Eric ^c   King, Thomas ^d   Lee, Kenneth ^e  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersant; Droplet size distribution; Jets and plumes; Oil deep spill; Oil droplets; Oil fate and transport

Indexed keywords

DROPS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORIFICES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DISPERSANTS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; JETS AND PLUMES; OIL DROPLETS;

BLOWOUTS;

DROPLET; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEEP SEA; DILUTION; ENERGY; GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OIL SPILL; PLUME DISPERSION; PREDICTION; SEA POLLUTION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VDROP J MODEL; VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM POLLUTION;

EID: 84902116619     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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