Spreading, retention and clean-up of oil spills. Final report

This study reviews and assesses the technology of oil spill spreading, retention and cleanup and proposes research needs in these areas. Sources of oil spills are analyzed and the difficulty of gathering meaningful statistics is discussed. Barrier technology is reviewed and problem areas analyzed. N...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Jr, M P
Other Authors: United States. Energy Research and Development Administration.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Rhode Island Univ., Kingston (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics 1976
Subjects:
Chemical Reactions
54 Environmental Sciences
Solubility
Environmental Effects
Phase Transformations
Skimmers
Bibliographies
Arctic Regions
Data
Surfactants
Weathering
Pollution Control Equipment 020900* > Petroleum > Environmental Aspects
Containment
Motion
Oil Spills
Toxicity
Biodegradation
Evaporation
022000 > Petroleum > Transport
Handling
& Storage
520200 > Environment
Aquatic > Chemicals Monitoring & Transport > (-1989)
Sampling
Document Types
Statistics
02 Petroleum
Monitoring
Information
Legislation
Aerial Monitoring
Equipment
Decomposition
Mathematics
Polar Regions
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2172/7314462
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1447350/
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Summary:This study reviews and assesses the technology of oil spill spreading, retention and cleanup and proposes research needs in these areas. Sources of oil spills are analyzed and the difficulty of gathering meaningful statistics is discussed. Barrier technology is reviewed and problem areas analyzed. Natural and forced biodegradation and natural and chemical dispersion of oil spills are considered. Research recommendations are categorized under the following two headings (1) Preventive techniques and (2) Containment, Cleanup and Dispersion.

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