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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
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Project
Number |
152 |
| Date of Summary |
September 30, 1991 |
| Subject |
Recovery Methods for High
Viscosity Oils |
| Performing Activity |
Emergencies Engineering Division, Environment
Canada |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. Harry Whittaker |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
This was a Joint
Industry Project (JIP) between MMS and Environment Canada to evaluate two different
atomization systems to be used in a catamaran-type burner to recover high viscosity oils.
The burning of oil slicks on water is ineffective when initial slick thickness is less
than 3 mm. Clean combustion of an oil slick can be achieved when the oil is atomized
directly at the water surface. Two different methods can be used for atomization; acoustic
energy or air pressure. |
| Progress |
Complete |
Reports |
AA (25 pages)
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Air Jet Atomization and Burning
of Oil Slicks, S. L. Ross Environmental Research Limited, 1991. |
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