Title :
Hydrodynamic characteristics of air-suction inlet of oil spilled in the marine environment
Author :
Kumagai, Teruo ; Ajito, Tomofumi
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Chiba
Abstract :
The hydrodynamic characteristics of air-suction system of oil are studied experimentally in order to suck oil with less quantity of water. The air-suction system of oil is set up with a high-speed air-fan, a separating chamber of oil from seawater, a suction inlet and transporting pipes. The desirable height of the suction inlet from the oil-laden seawater is determined concretely for the various inlets. The inlet height, determined here, achieves the higher flow-rate ratio of oil to seawater such as 50-100% according to the oil viscosity
Keywords :
marine pollution; oil pollution; seawater; viscosity; air-fan; air-suction inlet; air-suction system; flow-rate ratio; hydrodynamic characteristics; inlet height; marine environment; oil spill; oil viscosity; seawater; transporting pipes; Accidents; Flowcharts; Fuels; Hydrodynamics; Indium tin oxide; Oil pollution; Petroleum; Vacuum systems; Water pollution;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '04. MTTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8669-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2004.1406334
