Project Number | 452 |
Date of Summary | April 19, 2004 |
Subject | Mid-Scale Tests to Determine the Limits to In-Situ-Burning In Broken Ice |
Performing Activity | S. L. Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. |
Principal Investigator | Ian Buist |
Contracting Agency | Minerals Management Service |
Completion |
Completed |
Description |
This purpose of this research project is
to investigate the minimum ignitable thickness, combustion rate, effects of
waves and residue amount for crude oils burned in situ in cold water and
broken ice conditions. The tasks will:
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Progress |
The burn experiments were successfully
conducted from October 21- November 1, 2002 at the BP Fire Training Ground,
Prudhoe Bay, AK. The crude oils used in the burn experiments were Alaska
North Slope, Endicott, Northstar and Pt. McIntyre. The crude oils for the
burn experiments were tested in fresh and to the same weathered point for
each oil. These same crude oils will be used in the cold water dispersant
experiments, planned for February 2003 at Ohmsett - The National Oil Spill
response Test Facility. Results from the experiments will be used to verify the results from laboratory and small-scale tests. The final report has been reviewed and distributed. When both sets of experiments (burns in broken ice and the 2003 cold water dispersant experiments (Project 476) are complete, we will have a direct documented comparison of how each crude oil responds to burning and to the use of dispersants. |
Reports | |
AA (160 pages) | Tests to Determine the Limits to In-Situ-Burning of Thin Oil Slicks in Broken Ice, S. L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, May 2, 2003. |
AB (20 pages) | Buist, I., Dickins, D., Majors, L., Linderman, K., Mullin, J., Owens, C., “Tests to Determine the Limits to In Situ Burning of Thin Oil Slicks in Brash and Frazil Ice”, Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, pp. 629-649, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, June 10-12, 2003. |
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