Abstract:

A laboratory study was conducted in which negatively buoyant glass beads of various sizes were released in a tank to simulate buoyant oil droplets in a rising multiphase plume. A total of 12 experiments were conducted. The beads fell into various cells in a matrix of ice trays arranged in a diagonal cross centered in the tank. The radial distribution of the deposition was determined by drying and weighing the contents of each cell. his dataset supports the paper: Chan, G.K.Y., Chow, A.C., & Adams, E.E. (2015). Effects of droplet size on intrusion of sub-surface oil spills. Environ. Fluid Mech. 15:959-973. doi: 10.1007/s10652-014-9389-5.

Suggested Citation:

Godine Kok Yan Chan, Aaron C. Chow, E. Eric Adams. 2017. Dataset for: Laboratory study on the effects of droplet size on intrusion of sub-surface oil spills. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7Z31X14

Publications:

Chan, G. K. Y., Chow, A. C., & Adams, E. E. (2014). Effects of droplet size on intrusion of sub-surface oil spills. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 15(5), 959–973. doi:10.1007/s10652-014-9389-5

Purpose:

To explore the effects of droplet size on droplet intrusion and subsequent transport in sub-surface oil spills.

Data Parameters and Units:

Mass of glass spheres/beads (g), Distance from central point (cm), Depth (m), Density (kg3/m), Particle size (Sigma, cm), Depth (H, cm), Initial kinematic buoyancy flux (B, m4/s3), Stratification frequency (N, 1/s), Slip velocity (UN, non-dimensional)

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