Drops
; Oil spills
; Surface waters
; Turbulence
; Water waves
; Droplet breakup
; Droplet coalescence
; Oil droplets
; Oil-spill model
; Surface oil slick
; Drop breakup
; surface water
; petroleum
; water
; water pollutant
; breaking wave
; coalescence
; droplet
; numerical model
; oil spill
; size distribution
; water column
; wave breaking
; wave dispersion
; Article
; dispersion
; ocean current
; oil droplet breakup
; oil droplet coalescence
; oil droplet size
; oil spill
; particle size
; physical phenomena
; source sink relationship
; surface tension
; viscosity
; water content
; weathering
; analysis
; chemistry
; theoretical model
; water pollutant
; Models, Theoretical
; Petroleum
; Petroleum Pollution
; Water
; Water Pollutants, Chemical
Scopus学科分类:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要:
The ability to calculate the oil droplet size distribution (DSD) and its dynamic behavior in the water column is important in oil spill modeling. Breaking waves disperse oil from a surface slick into the water column as droplets of varying sizes. Oil droplets undergo further breakup and coalescence in the water column due to the turbulence. Available models simulate oil DSD based on empirical/equilibrium equations. However, the oil DSD evolution due to subsequent droplet breakup and coalescence in the water column can be best represented by a dynamic population model. This paper develops a phenomenological model to calculate the oil DSD in wave breaking conditions and ocean turbulence and is based on droplet breakup and coalescence. Its results are compared with data from laboratory experiments that include different oil types, different weathering times, and different breaking wave heights. The model comparisons showed a good agreement with experimental data. � 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States
Recommended Citation:
Nissanka I.D.,Yapa P.D.. Oil slicks on water surface: Breakup, coalescence, and droplet formation under breaking waves[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2017-01-01,114(1)