BREAK UP OF OIL ON ROUGH SEAS - SIMPLIFIED MODELS AND STEP-BY-STEP CALCULATIONS

This study tries to integrate the existing theoretical and experimental information regarding behavior of oil spills in ocean into a unified, sequential calculation procedure. Major consideration was given to developing the least sophisticated calculation procedures which maintain a reasonable description of the totality of the physical processes. The principal phenomena included in the prediction of spill behavior are: combined spreading and evaporation; the interaction of waves with the slick and formation of oil droplets; dispersion of droplets in the water column; and finally the formation and dispersion of slicklets due to turbulence in the ocean. The model has been exercised for four different types of oils: light crude, heavy crude, fuel oil no. 2 and fuel oil no. 6.

• Corporate Authors:

  Little (Arthur D), Incorporated

  Acorn Park
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Aravamudan, K
  • Raj, P K
  • Newman, E
  • Tucker, W A
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 210 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dispersers; Dynamics; Evaporation; Fuel oils; Mathematical models; Ocean waves; Oceans; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Pollution; Simulation; Water pollution
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Dispersion; Drops; Oil dispersal; Oil evaporation; Oil spill behavior; Oil spill simulation; Oil spreading dynamics
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314354
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ADL-83066 Final Rpt., USCG-D-69-79
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-843466-A
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1980 12:00AM