Abstract:

The dataset contains droplet size measurements from autoclave jet experiments with BP Surrogate Oil, partly saturated with methane, at 150 bar ambient pressure at 20° C and with elevated oil reservoir pressure. The dataset includes two tables: particle size distributions (PSD) of (1) crude oil and (2) methane-saturated crude oil jets entering into seawater at elevated ambient pressure. The crude oil used is Louisiana Sweet Crude (LSC) oil from Marlin Platform Dorado ("Surrogate oil"), provided by BP, item ID A010E4. For this experiment, the oil pressure was 160 +/- 1 bar and the oil volume flow is 1.56 - 1.71 l/min. The other related measurements conducted in slightly different laboratory environmental settings (the oil pressure 150 +/- 1bar and oil volume flow 1.99 - 2.16 l/min) is available under GRIIDC UDI R4.x267.000:0047.

Suggested Citation:

Malone, Karen. 2019. Particle size distribution of crude oil and methane-saturated crude oil jets entering seawater at 150 bar ambient pressure and elevated oil reservoir pressure. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-eha7-tv03

Publications:

Malone, K., Aman, Z. M., Pesch, S., Schlüter, M., & Krause, D. (2019). Jet Formation at the Spill Site and Resulting Droplet Size Distributions. Deep Oil Spills, 43–64. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_4

Purpose:

Data generated to quantify the effect of hydrostatic pressure, pressure gradients and dissolved methane on oil droplet size distributions in a sub-sea oil blowout.

Data Parameters and Units:

Number of bins, bin number, droplet diameter (lower and upper bin limit; µm), number of droplets in bin (counts), oil pressure (bar), hydrostatic pressure, temperature (degrees C), oil volume flow (l/min), nozzle size (mm).

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