| Project Number |
324 |
| Date of Summary |
March 24, 2005 |
| Subject |
Experimental and Analytical Study
of Multi-phase Plumes in a Stratified Ocean with Application to Deep Ocean Spills |
| Performing Activity |
University of Hawaii (UHI) and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Principal Investigator |
Stephen Masutani (UHI) and E.
Eric Adams (MIT) |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
September 2001 |
| Description |
These are laboratory studies of the break up of oil, gas, and
gas/oil mixtures discharging into a pressurized water environment. The
interaction between gas bubbles and oil droplets under dynamic conditions
simulating buoyant rise of this mixture were calculated. These experiments
will be conducted in a high pressure test vessel located at the University
of Hawaii. The experimental design simulated the release of hydrocarbon
gases and fluids from a well blowout or pipeline rupture in deep water. The
atmospheric pressure experiments were performed at MIT. The experimental
results were incorporated into a deep water blowout numerical model being
developed through a separate research project. |
| Progress |
The final report was submitted
April 19,2002. Initially, the report and research results were kept
proprietary by the funding partners participating in the Project “Deep
Spill” Joint Industry Project (see Project 377 description). It has since
been decided to release the research results and make the report publicly
available. |
| Report |
|
AA
 (147
pages, 14.6MB) |
Masutani, S. and E. Eric Adams.
2002. Experimental Study of Multi-Phase Plumes with Application to Deep
Ocean Oil Spills. Final Report. |
|
AB
(337 pages, 20.5MB) |
Liujuan Tang. 2004. Cylindrical
Liquid-Liquid Jet Instability. U. Hawaii PhD Thesis. |
