ESM 595 F Seminar on Advances In Pollution Prevention

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  Seminar 1    Problem Definition/Background

Reading Materials

• Burger J. Oil spills. Rutgers University Press. 1997. Chapters 2 – 4.

• Fingas M. The basics of oil spill cleanup. Second edition. Edited by Jennifer Charles. Lewis Publishers, 2001. Chapter 1.

• Petroleum hydrocarbons. (www.amap.no/assess/soaer10.htm)

 Websites of interest

http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/index.html

http://www.oil-spill-web.com

http://www.etcentre.org/spills/spills_e.html

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309084385/html/

http://www4.nas.edu/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/oil?OpenDocument

http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/index.htm

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=oil+spill+spain&date_select=past90days&submit.x=11&submit.y=10

http://org.eea.eu.int/news/Ann1037955953

http://www.offshore-environment.com/oilpollution.html

http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/rhann/index1.asp

http://www.osradp.lsu.edu/links.htm

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/faqs/moreinfo.html

http://www.nearctica.com/environ/water/oilspill.htm

 

   Seminar 2    Oil composition, properties and behavior of spills

 Reading Materials

• Fingas M. The basics of oil spill cleanup. Second edition. Edited by Jennifer Charles. Lewis Publishers, 2001. Chapter 3.
• Doerffer J. W. Oil spill response in marine environment. Pergamon Press. 1992. Chapter 1
• Allen A.A., Oil slick classification: a system for the characterization and documentation of oil slicks. Proceedings of International oil spill conference. 1997

• Fingas M. The basics of oil spill cleanup. Second edition. Edited by Jenifer Charles. Lewis Publishers, 2001. Chapter 4.

• Doerffer J. W. Oil spill response in marine environment. Pergamon Press. 1992. Chapter 1.2.

• Fingas M. Water-in-oil emulsion formation: a review of physics and mathematical modeling. Spill Science and Technology Bulletin. Vol.2, No.1. 1995

• Durell G.S. et al. Evaluation of the transfer of crude oil weathering technology. Interlaboratory comparison of physico-chemical characteristics of weathered oils and emulsions. 1994

• Daling P.S., Brandvik P.J. Characterisation of crude oils for environmental purposes. Oil and Chemical Pollution 7. 1990

 Websites of interest

  http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/oiltypes.htm

http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/index.html

http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/oilfate.htm

http://www.offshore-environment.com/oil.html

 Seminar 3   Modeling of oil spills

Reading Material

• Lehr W.J. Review of modeling procedures for oil spill weathering behavior. Oil spill modeling and process. WIT press. 2001.

• Lehr W., Jones R., Evans M., Simecek-Beatty D., Overstreet R., Revision of the ADIOS oil spill model. Environmental Modeling and Software 17. 2002.

• Reed M., Johansen O., Brandvik P.J., Daling P., Lewis A., Fiocco R., Mackay D., Prentki R. Oil spill modeling towards the close of the 20^th century: Overview of the state of the art. Spill Science and Technology Bulletin. Vol.5, No.1. 1999.

• Aamo O.M., Reed M., Downing K. Oil spill contingency and response (OSCAR) model system: sensitivity studies. Proceedings of International oil spill conference 1997.

• French D., Modeling oil spill impacts. State of the Art in Oil Modelling and Processes, R. Garcia- Martinez and C. Brebbia (eds.), WIT Press, 2001.

• V. Broje – Pechora sea case study

Websites of interest

http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/rhann/index1.asp

http://www.appsci.com/products/softwares.htm

http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/software/software.html

http://www.sintef.no/units/chem/environment/

 Seminar 4   Oil in ice-infested waters

   Reading Materials

• Downing K. et al. An adaptation of SINTEF Oil Weathering Model (OWM) to Arctic conditions. DIWO Report No. 25. 1997.
• Fingas M.F. and Hollebone B.P., The fate and behavior of oil in freezing environments. 2001.

    Websites of interest

        http://www.amap.no/assess/soaer-cn.htm#chapter0

 Seminar 5   Oil Spill Response

Reading Materials

• Fingas M. The basics of oil spill cleanup. Second edition. Edited by Jenifer Charles. Lewis Publishers, 2001. Chapter 2, 5-11.

• Fisher C., Smith K. Spill prevention through utilization of preplanning and inspection programs.

• Oil spill textbook. EPA. Chapters 6 and 7.

• Nordvik A.B. et al. Oil spill cleanup: “Windows of opportunity”. Sea Technology 1995.

 Websites of interest

http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/response.htm

http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/coastal/coastal.html