DETERMINING DISPERSANT EFFECTIVENESS DATA FOR A SUITE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• Main Authors: S Chandrasekar, G Sorial, J Weaver
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Eros; Alaska North Slope; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=62125

Chemical dispersants are used in oil spill response operations to enhance the dispersion of oil slicks at sea as small oil droplets in the water column. To assess the impacts of dispersant usage on oil spills, US EPA is developing a simulation model called the EPA Research Object-Oriented Oil Spill...