Oil Product Spreading on the Water Surface Limitation Using Air Stream
Energy Procedia 2017
Kristina Pilzis, Vaidotas Vaisis, Francesco Romagnoli

The oil spill in the marine environment is becoming a serious problem in the recent years. After it enters the water remediation techniques should be applied as soon as possible, because right after oil enters the water a number of weathering and transportation processes start changing its physical and chemical properties. Before deploying oil remediation techniques the direction and velocity of wind and water currents must be observed. Since wind is one of the parameters making oil to spread, it is believed that artificially caused air stream can help to control its spreading. During experiment was established that between 2.5–3.5 m/s air flow velocities diesel, as an used oil product, spreading at certain thicknesses can be limited.


Keywords
oil spreading; water surface; artificial air flow; limitation; movement
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.050
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610217338948

Pilzis, K., Vaisis, V., Romagnoli, F. Oil Product Spreading on the Water Surface Limitation Using Air Stream. Energy Procedia, 2017, Vol. 128, pp.345-349. ISSN 1876-6102. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.050

Publication language
English (en)
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