Title :
A numerical study on the wind effect on the oil containment by boom
Author :
Kwangu Kang ; Moonjin Lee ; Jung-Yeul Jung
Author_Institution :
Maritime & Ocean Eng. Res. Inst., KIOST, Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We numerically investigate the effect of wind on the oil containment by boom. The numerical simulations are carried out by using commercial computational fluid dynamics software, FLUENT with Volume of Fluid method. A boom containment of high viscosity oil in real scale is simulated, where the lengths of boom and simulated domain size are practical. It is found that the effect of wind becomes significant above the threshold velocity of 10 m/s. At wind velocity of 35 m/s, the leakage rate is twice larger than the leakage rate at 0 m/s.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; angular velocity; computational fluid dynamics; numerical analysis; petroleum industry; shapes (structures); wind; FLUENT; boom; computational fluid dynamics; numerical simulations; oil containment; volume-of-fluid method; wind effect; wind velocity; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Equations; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Viscosity; Wind speed; FLUENT; Numerical Simulation; Oil Containment by Boom; Oil Spill; Wind Effect;
Conference_Titel :
Oceans - San Diego, 2013
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
