@article{8fba0062601742b89985d48d0cd80297,
title = "Behavior and dynamics of bubble breakup in gas pipeline leaks and accidental subsea oil well blowouts",
abstract = "Subsea oil well blowouts and pipeline leaks release oil and gas to the environment through vigorous jets. Predicting the breakup of the released fluids in oil droplets and gas bubbles is critical to predict the fate of petroleum compounds in the marine water column. To predict the gas bubble size in oil well blowouts and pipeline leaks, we observed and quantified the flow behavior and breakup process of gas for a wide range of orifice diameters and flow rates. Flow behavior at the orifice transitions from pulsing flow to continuous discharge as the jet crosses the sonic point. Breakup dynamics transition from laminar to turbulent at a critical value of the Weber number. Very strong pure gas jets and most gas/liquid co-flowing jets exhibit atomization breakup. Bubble sizes in the atomization regime scale with the jet-to-plume transition length scale and follow −3/5 power-law scaling for a mixture Weber number.",
keywords = "Bubble size distribution, Gas bubble, Jet, Particle breakup, Plume, Subsea oil well blowout",
author = "Binbin Wang and Socolofsky, {Scott A.} and Lai, {Chris C.K.} and Adams, {E. Eric} and Boufadel, {Michel C.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors are grateful to Lima Neto, who provided bubble size measurements to us for their experiments published in Lima Neto et al. (2008). This research was made possible in part by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to the Gulf Integrated Spill Research (GISR) Consortium. Data are publicly available through the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) at https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org (doi: 10.7266/N7ZG6QND) (Wang and Socolofsky, 2016). This work was also supported by the American Petroleum Institute Joint Industry Task Force D3, Subsurface Dispersant Injection team. Funding Information: The authors are grateful to Lima Neto, who provided bubble size measurements to us for their experiments published in Lima Neto et al. (2008) . This research was made possible in part by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to the Gulf Integrated Spill Research (GISR) Consortium. Data are publicly available through the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) at https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org (doi: 10.7266/N7ZG6QND) ( Wang and Socolofsky, 2016 ). This work was also supported by the American Petroleum Institute Joint Industry Task Force D3, Subsurface Dispersant Injection team. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.053",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "131",
pages = "72--86",
journal = "Marine Pollution Bulletin",
issn = "0025-326X",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}