Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 83, Issue 1, Pages 58-69Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.020
Keywords
Jets and plumes; Droplet size distribution; Oil droplets; Oil fate and transport; Dispersant; Oil deep spill
Funding
- Department of Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) [F5211-130060]
- American Petroleum Institute
- Oil Spill Response Joint Industry Task Force (JITF)
- BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
- GISR
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The droplet size distribution of dispersed phase (oil and/or gas) in submerged buoyant jets was addressed in this work using a numerical model, VDROP-J. A brief literature review on jets and plumes allows the development of average equations for the change of jet velocity, dilution, and mixing energy as function of distance from the orifice. The model VDROP-J was then calibrated to jets emanating from orifices ranging in diameter, D, from 0.5 mm to 0.12 m, and in cross-section average jet velocity at the orifice ranging from 1.5 m/s to 27 m/s. The d(50)/D obtained from the model (where d(50) is the volume median diameter of droplets) correlated very well with data, with an R-2 = 0.99. Finally, the VDROP-J model was used to predict the droplet size distribution from Deepwater Horizon blowouts. The droplet size distribution from the blowout is of great importance to the fate and transport of the spilled oil in marine environment. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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