Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the Estimation of the Oil Discharge and Droplet Size Distribution

doi:10.1002/2017GL076606

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DOI	10.1002/2017GL076606
	Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the Estimation of the Oil Discharge and Droplet Size Distribution
	Boufadel, Michel C.1; Gao, Feng 1; Zhao, Lin 1; Ozgokmen, Tamay 2; Miller, Richard 3; King, Thomas 4; Robinson, Brian 4; Lee, Kenneth 4; Leifer, Ira 5
	2018-03-16
发表期刊	GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISSN	0094-8276
EISSN	1944-8007
出版年	2018
卷号	45 期号:5 页码:2396-2403
文章类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA; Canada
英文摘要	Improved understanding of the character of an uncontrolled pipeline flow is critical for the estimation of the oil discharge and droplet size distribution both essential for evaluating oil spill impact. Measured oil and gas properties at the wellhead of the Macondo255 and detailed numerical modeling suggested that the flow within the pipe could have been "churn," whereby oil and gas tumble violently within the pipe and is different from the bubbly flow commonly assumed for that release. The churn flow would have produced 5 times the energy loss in the pipe compared to bubbly flow, and its plume would have entrained 35% more water than that of the bubbly flow. Both findings suggest that the oil discharge in Deepwater Horizon could have been overestimated, by up to 200%. The resulting oil droplet size distribution of churn flow is likely smaller than that of bubbly flow.
英文关键词	Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Churn Flow Oil and Gas Computational Fluid Dynamics Turbulence Energy
领域	气候变化
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000428402400032
WOS关键词	TURBULENT JETS ; BUBBLE ; DYNAMICS ; GAS ; SIMULATIONS ; MAGNITUDE ; MODELS ; COLUMN ; FATE
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/26248
专题	气候变化
作者单位	1.New Jersey Inst Technol, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Ctr Nat Resources, Newark, NJ 07102 USA; 2.Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA; 3.Clemson Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Clemson, SC USA; 4.Bedford Inst Oceanog, Dept Fisheries & Oceans, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; 5.Bubbleol Res Int, Solvang, CA USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Boufadel, Michel C.,Gao, Feng,Zhao, Lin,et al. Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the Estimation of the Oil Discharge and Droplet Size Distribution[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,45(5):2396-2403.
APA	Boufadel, Michel C..,Gao, Feng.,Zhao, Lin.,Ozgokmen, Tamay.,Miller, Richard.,...&Leifer, Ira.(2018).Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the Estimation of the Oil Discharge and Droplet Size Distribution.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,45(5),2396-2403.
MLA	Boufadel, Michel C.,et al."Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the Estimation of the Oil Discharge and Droplet Size Distribution".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45.5(2018):2396-2403.