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Oil viscosity limitation on dispersibility of crude oil under simulated at-sea conditions in a large wave tank |
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| Authors: | Ken Trudel Randy C Belore Joseph V Mullin Alan Guarino |
| Institution: | a SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd., 200-717 Belfast Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 0Z4 b US Minerals Management Service, Engineering and Research Branch, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop-4021, Herndon, VI 20170-4817, USA c MAR Inc., P.O. Box 473, Atlantic Highland, NJ 07716, USA |
| Abstract: | This study determined the limiting oil viscosity for chemical dispersion of oil spills under simulated sea conditions in the large outdoor wave tank at the US National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in New Jersey. Dispersant effectiveness tests were completed using crude oils with viscosities ranging from 67 to 40,100 cP at test temperature. Tests produced an effectiveness-viscosity curve with three phases when oil was treated with Corexit 9500 at a dispersant-to-oil ratio of 1:20. The oil viscosity that limited chemical dispersion under simulated at-sea conditions was in the range of 18,690 cP to 33,400 cP. Visual observations and measurements of oil concentrations and droplet size distributions in the water under treated and control slicks correlated well with direct measurements of effectiveness. The dispersant effectiveness versus oil viscosity relationship under simulated at sea conditions at Ohmsett was most similar to those from similar tests made using the Institut Francais du Pétrole and Exxon Dispersant Effectiveness (EXDET) test methods. |
| Keywords: | Oil spill Dispersant Viscosity Heavy oils Effectiveness Wave tank Ohmsett |
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