Measurement of Large Scale Oil Spill Burns.
Measurement of Large Scale Oil Spill Burns.
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Evans, D. D.; Walton, W. D.; Baum, H. R.; Lawson, J. R.;
Rehm, R. G.; Harris, R. H., Jr.; Ghoniem, A.; Holland,
J.
NIST SP 995; Volume 2; March 2003.
Environment Canada. Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program
Technical Seminar, 13th. June 6-8, 1990, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario,
1-38 pp, 1990.
Keywords:
oil spills; measurement; crude oil; pool fires; smoke
yield; plumes; sampling; burning rate
Abstract:
Research has shown that burning can be an effective
means to remove oil from the surface of the water. The
combustion characteristics of crude oil have been
measured in large laboratory tests using a nominal one
meter diameter pool fire. This work reports on progress
mid-way through a 2 1/2 year research program. The
objective of this research is to develop measurement
equipment and calculations that can be used to
characterize oil spill burning at operational scale
during field trials of the technology. Field scale
measurement techniques for fire radiation, smoke yield,
particulate sampling, plume trajectory are described.
Progress in the calculation of particulate deposition
downwind of the burn site is presented.
