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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) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Air Jet Atomization and Burning of Oil Slicks, S. L. Ross Environmental Research Limited, 1991.

 

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