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Main Title Techniques for mixing dispersants with spilled oil /
Author Smith, Gary F.,
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Environmental protection technology series
EPA-600/2-78-128. United States.
CORP Author Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc. Leonardo, N.J. Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; for sale by the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA-600/2-78-128; EPA-68-03-0490; PB285679
Stock Number 22161
OCLC Number 04161367
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Dispersion ; Oil spills ; Water--Pollution--New Jersey ; dispersion (process)
Additional Subjects Water pollution control ; Dispersants ; Mixing ; Marine biology ; Mixtures ; Performance evaluation ; Equipment ; Surfactants ; Oil pollution removal ; Oil spills ; Procedures
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91014KTZ.PDF
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EHAM  TD427.P4S657 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJED  EPA 600-2-78-128 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/01/1988
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-78-128 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-78-128 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/22/2021
ERAD  EPA 600/2-78-128 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 09/24/2012
ESAD  EPA 600-2-78-128 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-285 679 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 38 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The effective use of some oil spill dispersants requires the addition of mixing energy to the dispersant-treated slick. Various methods of energy application have included the use of fire hose streams directed to the water surface, outboard motors mounted on work boats, and the five-bar gate, a pallet-like device towed on the surface behind vessels of opportunity. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sponsored this test program at their Oil & Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) to evaluate the above devices as well as a modified version of the five-bar gate. Three test fluid mixtures with different interfacial tensions were distributed onto the water surface, and each mixing device was towed through them at speeds from 1.02 m/s to 2.54 m/s in three wave conditions. Droplet penetration was documented via underwater photography. Analysis of the results showed that the modified five-bar gate produced the greatest overall penetration (2.4 m) at a tow speed of 2/0m/s. In general, performance was unaffected by wave action, and variations in interfacial tension produced no observable trend among all devices.
Notes
"June 1978." "Project Officers: Frank J. Freestone, John S. Farlow." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Contract No. Contract Number: 68-03-0490, Program Element No. 1NE623. Includes bibliographical references (page 17).