Emissions from mesoscale in situ oil fires: the mobile 1991 experiments

Fingas, Merv; Li, Ken; Ackerman, F.J.; Campagna, Phil; Turpin, Rodney D.; Getty, Samuel J.; Soleki, Michael F.; Trespalacios, M J; Wang, Zhendi; Paré, J. R. Jocelyn; Bélanger, Jacqueline M.R.; Bissonnette, Martine; Mullin, Joseph V.; Tennyson, Edward J.

doi:10.1016/s1353-2561(96)00018-7

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“…However, this work was perhaps more concerned with sea-level worker exposure issues as the sampler was on a boat and never sampled the emissions in the lofted plume. Similar conclusions were reached during mesoscale burn tests [9] when the sampler was located at ground level.…”

Section: Pcdd/pcdfsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…In fact, the results obtained here virtually mimic those produced burning oil in a quartz tube reactor from which sample was collected without dilution [57]. Burning oil in a large-scale calorimeter [37] and in a mesoscale outdoor laboratory [9] similar to the one used here also generated particles enriched in PAH, generally speaking. Gullett et al [6] implied earlier that laboratory oil burning may not perfectly reflect field conditions, and the present study offers further evidence of this possibility.…”

Section: Pahssupporting

confidence: 52%

“…Given the limited sample sizes (n = 4 here and n = 1 in reference [5]), these differences are not notable. Perhaps only two comparable measurements of PCDD/PCDF concentrations have been made during oil fires: one during an experimental at-sea burn similar to those of the Gulf in situ burns [7] and one during mesoscale burns [9] of Louisiana crude when ground-based emission samples were compared against upwind sampling. For the former, results from two samples at sea level were reported as indistinguishable from background levels, leading to the conclusion that PCDDs/PCDFs were not formed from oil spill burns [54; 55].…”

Section: Pcdd/pcdfmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Particle and gas concentrations sampled by aircraft-borne instruments were developed into emission factors [8] where possible, using a carbon balance approach (mass of pollutant per mass of fuel carbon). Measurements have been made using samplers aboard remotely controlled marine vessels and tethered aerostats [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other efforts to characterize emissions include mesoscale burns in which large water-filled tanks were used as a substrate for surface oil burns [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Characterization of emissions and residues from simulations of the Deepwater Horizon surface oil burns

Gullett

Aurell

Holder

et al. 2017

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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The surface oil burns conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard from April to July 2010 during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico were simulated by small scale burns to characterize the pollutants, determine emission factors, and gather particulate matter for subsequent toxicity testing. A representative crude oil was burned in ocean-salinity seawater, and emissions were collected from the plume by means of a crane-suspended sampling platform. Emissions included particulate matter, aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins/dibenzofurans, elements, and others, the sum of which accounted for over 92% by mass of the combustion products. The unburned oil mass was 29% of the original crude oil mass, significantly higher than typically reported. Analysis of alkanes, elements, and PAHs in the floating residual oil and water accounted for over 51% of the gathered mass. These emission factors, along with toxicity data, will be important toward examining impacts of future spill burning operations.

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Section: Pcdd/pcdfsupporting

confidence: 79%

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confidence: 52%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other efforts to characterize emissions include mesoscale burns in which large water-filled tanks were used as a substrate for surface oil burns [9].…”

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