1st Edition
Oil Spill Dispersants Mechanisms of Action and Laboratory Tests
By Clayton/Payne
Copyright 1993
128 Pages
by
CRC Press
128 Pages
by
CRC Press
128 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Oil Spill Dispersants: Mechanisms of Action and Laboratory Tests provides a comprehensive summary of current information available regarding the general formulation of commercial dispersants and their function to lower oil-water interfacial tension. The book considers how chemical dispersants work for oil spills, the properties and chemistry of oils (including weathering state), the variables that... Read more
Section 1: Introduction Section 2: General Mechanism of Action of Chemical Dispersants 1. Chemical Formulation of Dispersant Agents Section 3: Fators Affecting Chemical Dispersion of oil and ITS 2. Measurement 3. Properties and Chemistry of Oil 4. Dispersant Composition 5. Dispersant Application 6. Mixing Energy 7. Dispersant-to-Oil Ratio (DOR) 8. Oil-to-Water Ratio (OWR) 9. Temperature 10. Salinity Sampling and Analysis Method 11. Section 4: Laboratory Testing of Dispersant Performance 12. Laboratory Testing Methods 13. Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Laboratory Tests Rapid Field Tests for Estimating Dispersant Performance Section 5: Field Tests of Dispersant Applications Section 6: Summary and Recommendations - Laboratory Studies
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