Burning of Oil Spills.
Burning of Oil Spills.
(463 K)
Evans, D. D.; Walton, W. D.
NISTIR 4449;
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural
Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 11th Joint
Panel Meeting. October 19-24, 1989, Berkeley, CA,
Jason, N. H.; Cramer, D. M., Editor(s)(s), 217-222 pp,
1990.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Keywords:
oil spills; combustion; smoke generation; crude oil;
tests; pool fires; energy transfer
Abstract:
This study is directed at understanding the oil spill
combustion process and the smoke generated from the
burning. Measurements of 1.2 m diameter Murban crude
oil pool fires show an initial steady energy release
rate of 840 kW/m2 which increases to 1860 kW/m2 during
the vigorous burning associated with boiling of the
water sublayer. During the burning of the crude oil
pools approximately 10 percent of the crude oil was
converted to smoke with a high elemental carbon content
in excess of 90 percent. Measurements of polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) components found in the
original oil, showed that soot produced in the burning
process carried a different distribution of PAH
compounds, but that the total concentration of these
compounds was equal to that found in the original crude
oil.
