The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 9 potx
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 9 potx
... skimmers. Laboratory- and field-scale
tests have shown that these agents substantially reduce the adhesion of the oil so
that as much as 90 to 95 % of the oil is released from rocks or other surfaces.
Environment ... bioenhancement agents to oil spilled on land
can enhance the removal rate of the saturate and some of the aromatic fraction of
the oil, so that as...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 6 potx
... washing over the top of the boom. The term freeboard is also used
to refer to the height from the water line to the top of the boom. The
skirt
is the
portion of the boom below the floats or ... piece of equipment
for containing an oil spill on water. Booms are generally the first equipment mobi-
lized at a spill and are often used throughout the ope...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 7 potx
... thickness of the oil, type of oil, surface type, and
many other factors.
**This is the percentage of oil in the recovered product. The higher the value, the lower
the amount of water and thus the better ... oil, type of oil, sea state,
and many other factors.
**This is the percentage of oil in the recovered product. The higher the value, the less...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 12 potx
... the properties of the oil and the nature of the soil materials affect how
rapidly the oil penetrates the soil and how much the oil adheres to the soil. For
example, a low viscosity oil penetrates ... down-gradient from the spill,
or in the direction in which the spill is flowing, to catch the flow of oil. They are
placed just below the depth of th...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 2 docx
... to an oil spill and significantly reduce
the environmental impact and severity of the spill.
The purpose of contingency plans is to coordinate all aspects of the response to
an oil spill. This ... serious. As the
seriousness of an incident is often not known in the initial phases, one of the first
priorities is to determine the magnitude of the spill and...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 3 pps
... versa. In the United
States, the price of a specific oil may be based on its API gravity, as well as other
properties of the oil.
Solubility
in water is the measure of how much of an oil will ... determine the effects of the oil on living organisms
in the environment. These properties also influence the efficiency of cleanup oper-
ations. This book deal...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 4 ppsx
... can
remove the bulk of the oil. In 199 3, the oil from a stricken ship, the
Braer
, dispersed
almost entirely as a result of high seas off Scotland at the time of the spill and the
dispersible ... by the force of gravity and the
interfacial tension between oil and water. The viscosity of the oil opposes these
forces. As time passes, the effect...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 8 pps
... or
truck. The vacuum pump creates a vacuum in the tank and the oil moves directly
through a hose or pipe to the tank from the skimmer or the source of the oil. The
oil does not go through the pump, ... of hydrocarbon fuels. Often the equipment
at refineries cannot handle oils with debris, excessive amounts of water, or other
contaminants and the cost of pre-t...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 10 pdf
... technique, the integrity of the
source of the spill and the possibility of further spillage is always a priority. If there
is any possibility that the fire could flash back to the source of the spill, ... maintaining the safety of both spill workers and the source of the spill.
The potential for the use of
in-situ
burning must be determined base...
The Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup - Chapter 11 ppt
... amount of oil, the degree of weathering
of the oil, both before it reaches the shoreline and while on the shoreline, the
temperature, the state of the tide when the oil washes onshore, the type of ... composition, the type and sensitivity of biota on the beach,
and the steepness of the shore.
Other important factors are the existence of a high t...