MODELING OF OIL EVAPORATION IN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT

A numerical model is developed to predict the changes of oil characteristics, specific gravity, percentage weight remain and percentage volume remain of oil on water through evaporation known to dominate the early stage of weathering. This model is based on the assumption that oil, though complex, can be considered as a chemical compound of individual fractions of distinguishable chemical and physical characteristics. The major driving forces for evaporation being considered include air temperature, wind speed and size of slick. Laboratory experiments were conducted using No. 2 fuel oil, Nigerian Crude and Venezuelan Crude to calibrate the numerical model and to gain physical insight of the oil evaporation process. Based on the laboratory results,empirical relationships are proposed for determining the diffusion coefficient described in the first-order decay formula.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Yang, W C
  • Wang, H
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 879-887
• Serial:
  • Water Research
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0043-1354
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/water-research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diffusion (Optics); Evaporation; Mathematical models; Oil spills; Water pollution; Weathering
• Old TRIS Terms: Aqueous environment; Oil evaporation; Oil spill behavior; Oil spill weathering
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM