Petroleum spills in the marine environment : the chemistry and formation of water-in-oil emulsions and tar balls

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Payne, James R. (Author), Phillips, Charles R. 1951- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2018.
Subjects
Oil spills.
Emulsions.
Petroleum > Biodegradation.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781351075480
1351075489
9781351083935
1351083937
9781351092388
1351092383
9781351100830
1351100831
9781523118236
1523118237
9781315896380
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; LlST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: LABORATORY STUDIES OF FORMATION AND STABILITY OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS; Background; Specific Studies; Mousse Formation in the Presence of Ice; Identification of Emulsifying Agents Responsible for Mousse Formation; Physical and Behavioral Properties of Water-in-Oil Emulsions; Evaporation; Combustibility; Breaking and Interaction of Laboratory Mousse with Dispersants; Bacterial Utilization of Laboratory Generated Mousse.
  • Chapter 3: SELECTED CASE HISTORIES OF THE MORE DETAILED CHEMISTRY STUDIES OF MOUSSE BEHAVIOR AND LONG TERM FATE IN NEAR-COASTAL AND OPEN OCEAN OIL SPILLS/BLOWOUTSTorrey Canyon; Tanker Arrow; Metula; Ekofisk Bravo Blowout; US/NS Potomac in Melville Bay, Greenland; Amoco Cadiz; IXTOC I Blowout, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico; Background; Observations at the Wellhead; Subsurface Transport and Weathering of IXTOC Oil; Personal Observations of Micro-Scale Mousse Agglomeration; Fate of Stranded IXTOC Mousse Along the Southeast Texas Coastline; Burmah Agate; Alvenus.
  • Open Ocean Field Tests of Spilled PetroleumsConclusions; Chapter 4: TAR BALL FORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION; Global Distribution of Pelagic Tar; Chemical Composition of Tar Balls; Sources of Pelagic Tar; Fate of Pelagic Tar at Sea; Fate of Beached or Stranded Tar Balls; Chapter 5: ALGORITHMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO SIMULATE THE FORMATION OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS; Chapter 6: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND CRITICAL CITATION REVIEW; Laboratory Studies; Physical Properties of Water-in-Oil Emulsions; Treatment of Mousse with Dispersants; Case Histories of Real Spill Events.
  • Tar Ball Distributions and ChemistryMathematical and Computer Modeling of Mousse Behavior; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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