TY - GEN
T1 - Insight into crude oil evaporation modeling and environmental impact assessment following inland oil spills in the Arabian Gulf region
AU - Abdulkarim, M.
AU - Benyahia, F.
AU - Zekri, A.
AU - Chaalal, O.
AU - Hasnain, H.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - Oil evaporation studies were conducted on free oil and on oil saturated desert soil over a period of time during which temperature and wind speeds were recorded. The amount of oil lost by evaporation followed the trend of daily temperature variation in a damped oscillatory manner. The damping element was explained in terms of shift towards heavier oil fractions as evaporation proceeded. Oil evaporation models were explored and evaluated based on postulated evaporation mechanisms and other empirical functions aimed at matching observed data with predicted ones. These models were useful in reinforcing the quantitative aspect of environmental impact assessment studies following oil spills in the Arabian Gulf region. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (Glasgow, Scotland 7/10-14/2005).
AB - Oil evaporation studies were conducted on free oil and on oil saturated desert soil over a period of time during which temperature and wind speeds were recorded. The amount of oil lost by evaporation followed the trend of daily temperature variation in a damped oscillatory manner. The damping element was explained in terms of shift towards heavier oil fractions as evaporation proceeded. Oil evaporation models were explored and evaluated based on postulated evaporation mechanisms and other empirical functions aimed at matching observed data with predicted ones. These models were useful in reinforcing the quantitative aspect of environmental impact assessment studies following oil spills in the Arabian Gulf region. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (Glasgow, Scotland 7/10-14/2005).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33645165173
SN - 0852954948
SN - 9780852954942
T3 - 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, GLASGOW2005, incorporating the 5th European Congress of Chemical Engineering
BT - 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, GLASGOW2005, incorporating the 5th European Congress of Chemical Engineering - Congress Manuscripts
T2 - 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, GLASGOW2005, incorporating the 5th European Congress of Chemical Engineering
Y2 - 10 July 2005 through 14 July 2005
ER -