TITLE:
The Numerical Investigation on Oil Slick Behavior behind the Oil Boom
AUTHORS:
Kai Gong, Pavel Tkalich, Haihua Xu
KEYWORDS:
Oil Spill, Oil Boom, Oil Slick, CFD, VOF (Volume of Fluid), Multiphase Flow
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.5 No.8,
June
16,
2014
ABSTRACT: The
dynamics of contained oil spills is investigated based on multiphase CFD
(Computational Fluid Mechanics) model. The oil slick shape behind the oil boom
under water current is studied. The velocity field in the oil slick is compared
with the velocity field in pure water flow. The thickness of the oil slick is
studied quantitatively. It is found that there is a fixed linear relationship
between the oil slick relative thickness and the Froude number for different
oil, different current velocity, different boom draft and different volume of oil.