Development of a unified oil droplet size distribution model with application to surface breaking waves and subsea blowout releases considering dispersant effects

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• 作者：Zhengkai Li^a ; ^{Zhengkai.Li@rpsgroup.com} ; Malcolm Spaulding^b ; Deborah French McCay^a ; Deborah Crowley^a ; James R. Payne^c
• 关键词：Oil droplet size ; Subsurface blowout release ; Subsurface dispersant injection ; Volume median diameter ; Oil entrainment
• 刊名：Marine Pollution Bulletin
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：15 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：114
• 期：1
• 页码：247-257
• 全文大小：1505 K
• 卷排序：114

文摘

A unified oil droplet size model was developed for breaking waves and blowout releases. Applicable both with and without dispersant treatment. Calibrated and validated with lab and Deepwater Horizon oil spill field data. Explicitly addressed the effects of the dispersed phase viscosity. Maximum stable droplet size was considered to constrain droplet length scale.