Numerical Study of Containment of Spilled Medium-Viscosity Oil in Wave–Current Flow
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 145, Issue 8
Abstract
Offshore oil spills can greatly harm marine ecological environments. The containment boom is a simple and effective tool that can effectively prevent the spread of oil spills, reduce the oil-spreading region, and work with other recovery measures. In the study described, a two-dimensional multiphase model was developed to reproduce the oil containment process and to comprehensively investigate the water–oil boom interaction. Good agreement was achieved between the modeled and measured results in an application of the oil containment process with respect to variation in oil thickness. The verified model was then employed to investigate oil containment subject to waves and currents. In addition, the containment performance of floating booms with different skirt lengths, buoyancy/weight ratios, and boom shapes was investigated. The numerical results showed that boom motion can significantly change the flow field around the boom and thereby the boom’s containment effectiveness. Booms with arc-shaped or polyline-shaped skirts consistently exhibit satisfactory oil-controlling performance.
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Acknowledgments
This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51409032), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Project No. 3132017006, China), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 18JCYBJC23900, China), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2018M641372, China).
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Received: May 8, 2018
Accepted: Dec 27, 2018
Published online: May 31, 2019
Published in print: Aug 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Oct 31, 2019
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