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Title: Combustion of oil on water: an experimental program

Abstract

This study determined how well crude and fuel oils burn on water. Objectives were: (1) to measure the burning rates for several oils; (2) to determine whether adding heat improves the oils' combustibility; (3) to identify the conditions necessary to ignite fuels known to be difficult to ignite on ocean waters (e.g., diesel and Bunker C fuel oils); and (4) to evaluate the accuracy of an oil-burning model proposed by Thompson, Dawson, and Goodier (1979). Observations were made about how weathering and the thickness of the oil layer affect the combustion of crude and fuel oils. Nine oils commonly transported on the world's major waterways were tested. Burns were first conducted in Oklahoma under warm-weather conditions (approx. 30/sup 0/C) and later in Ohio under cold-weather conditions (approx. 0/sup 0/C to 10/sup 0/C).

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
5179107
Report Number(s):
DOE/NBM-1002
ON: DE82014598
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 02 PETROLEUM; OIL SPILLS; COMBUSTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; PETROLEUM; DIESEL FUELS; FIRES; FUEL OILS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTROL; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LIQUID FUELS; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; VARIATIONS; WATER; 520200* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 020800 - Petroleum- Waste Management

Citation Formats

. Combustion of oil on water: an experimental program. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/5179107.
. Combustion of oil on water: an experimental program. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5179107
. 1982. "Combustion of oil on water: an experimental program". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5179107. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5179107.
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abstractNote = {This study determined how well crude and fuel oils burn on water. Objectives were: (1) to measure the burning rates for several oils; (2) to determine whether adding heat improves the oils' combustibility; (3) to identify the conditions necessary to ignite fuels known to be difficult to ignite on ocean waters (e.g., diesel and Bunker C fuel oils); and (4) to evaluate the accuracy of an oil-burning model proposed by Thompson, Dawson, and Goodier (1979). Observations were made about how weathering and the thickness of the oil layer affect the combustion of crude and fuel oils. Nine oils commonly transported on the world's major waterways were tested. Burns were first conducted in Oklahoma under warm-weather conditions (approx. 30/sup 0/C) and later in Ohio under cold-weather conditions (approx. 0/sup 0/C to 10/sup 0/C).},
doi = {10.2172/5179107},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
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