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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
102 |
| Date of
Summary |
July 26, 2005 |
| Subject |
Analysis of Oil-Slick Combustion |
| Performing
Activity |
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Large Fire
Research Group |
| Principal
Investigator |
Dr. Doug Walton,
Dr. Nelson Bryner |
| Contracting
Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated
Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
Research by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on the burning
characteristics of crude oil fires on water; the composition of combustion
products; and the dispersion and settling of particulate material in the
smoke plume. Information from laboratory and mesoscale crude oil burns
contributes to understanding the impacts of in-situ burning on the
environment. Research underway will investigate the ignition and flame
spread of difficult to ignite and burn high density oils and emulsions,
complete the ALOFT smoke plume trajectory models; conduct heat and smoke
measurements during field verification burns and develop a oil spill
resource CD. The ALOFT--FT (A Large Outdoor Fire
plume Trajectory model), for flat terrain was completed. The model computes
and displays the time-averaged, downwind concentration of particulate matter
(soot) from in situ burn operations. The model can be used to estimate the
safe distances from burn operations under a variety of meteorological
conditions. The model works on a personal computer and is available for free
via the Internet at:
http://fire.nist.gov/aloft/.
The ALOFT-CT model for complex terrain is complete and undergoing final beta
testing. The ALOFT-CT model will work on a personal computer (more
computational time is required), and when released will be available for
free via the Internet. |
| Progress |
This project is now
complete. |
Reports |
AN
 (154 pages) |
Evans, D., Mulholland, G., Gross,
D., Baum, H., Saito, K., Environmental Effects of Oil Spill Combustion, NBSIR 88-3822,
National Bureau of Standards, Center for Fire Research, Gaithersburg, Maryland, September
1987. |
| DH
(115 pages)
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Walton, William D. and Nora H.
Jason, editors, In Situ Burning of Oil Spills, Workshop Proceedings, New Orleans,
Louisiana, November 2-4, 1998. |
| DJ
(39 pages) |
Kulkarni, Anil K., Combustion of
Oil and Water-in-Oil Emulsion Layers Supported on Water, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, The Pennsuylvania State University, August 2000. |
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