@article{14495d1733bc44fcb45da648e6741d1a,
title = "Experimental investigation of oil droplet size distribution in underwater oil and oil-air jet",
abstract = "Understanding the droplet size distribution of subsea oil releasing is important to predict the subsequent transport and degradation of the spilled oil. Single-and multi-phase oil jet experiments were conducted in the Ohmsett facility, including pure oil jet and oil-air jet through a 10.7-mm pipe and a 4.7-mm pipe. Measurements of the vertical jet hydrodynamics and the oil size distribution were obtain-ed. The reported results help to extend subsea oil spills experiment scale into a meso-scale, and the measurement range of the oil size is widened up to 2 cm. Moreover, the application of dispersant and involvement of air phase provided valuable scientific evidence for the usage of dispersants to treat oil spills. The data confirmed the effectiveness of the dispersant that reduces oil droplet size and also suggested that the participation of the gas phase facilitated the decreas-ing of oil droplet size. The results were compared to the numerical simulation tool VDROP-J. While the hydrodynamics showed good consistency, the system-dependent coefficient needed a slight revision to coincide with presented data. This also confirmed the significance of experimental materials for further validation and development of oil spill models, where we also provided guidance and discussion on conducting and post-processing the oil spill experiment.",
keywords = "Droplet size distribution, Multi-phase jet, Subsea oil blowouts",
author = "Ruixue Liu and Cosan Daskiran and Fangda Cui and Wen Ji and Lin Zhao and Brian Robinson and Thomas King and Kenneth Lee and Boufadel, {Michel C.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was completed while Lin Zhao was a postdoctoral research-er at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The authors gratefully acknowledge support by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada through the Multi-Partner Research Initiative Grant MECTS-39390783-v1-OFSCP. Funding from the Centre for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research (COOGER) is also acknowledged. In the decision process of the experiments, the authors used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) for some basic simulations. The XSEDE is supported by the National Science Foundation Grant TG-BCS190002. Specifically, they used the Comet sys-tem, which is operated by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego. Funding Information: This work was completed while Lin Zhao was a postdoctoral research er at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The authors gratefully acknowledge support by the Depart ment of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada through the Multi-Partner Re search Initiative Grant MECTS- 39390783-v1-OFSCP. Funding from the Centre for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research (COOGER) is also acknowledged. In the decision process of the experiments, the authors used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) for some basic simulations. The XSEDE is supported by the National Science Foundation Grant TG-BCS190002. Specifically, they used the Comet sys tem, which is operated by the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, Marine Technology Society Inc.. All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.4031/MTSJ.55.5.13",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "55",
pages = "196--209",
journal = "Marine Technology Society Journal",
issn = "0025-3324",
publisher = "Marine Technology Society Inc.",
number = "5",
}