Oil Spill Science and Technology
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Oil Spill Science and Technology

  1. 1,100 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Oil Spill Science and Technology

About this book

Oil Spill Science and Technology, Third Edition delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors to remote sensing through the management side of contingency planning and communicating oil spill risk perceptions. This new edition compiles information on oil spills from a scientific point of view and with new case studies and examples. This book aims to serve both as an authoritative reference for individuals new to the field who need to understand the depth of science going into the fields of oil spill, recovery, assessment, and analysis, as well as those who have years of experience. Written by over 24 experts in the field, this updated edition combines technology with case studies to identify the current state of knowledge surrounding oil spills that will encourage additional areas of research that are left to uncover in this critical sector of the energy industry.- Updated with new chapters on: The Deepwater Horizon Spill; Oil Seeps; Processes: MOSSFA, Marine Snow, Tar Ball formation, and more- Supported with technological advances evolved from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil tragedy and events in the Arctic/Antarctic- Multi-contributed from various industry experts to provide an extensive background in technical equipment and worldwide procedures used today- Presents accurate, peer-reviewed topics with thorough literature review

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Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9780443217029
Edition
3
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Environmental Science
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Oil Spill Science and Technology
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. About the editor
  7. Author biography
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction to the history of oil spills
  10. Chapter 2: Photooxidation of oil at sea-Historical perspective, current state of the science and future dire
  11. Chapter 3: How to model evaporation
  12. Chapter 4: Water-in-oil emulsions
  13. Chapter 5: Introduction to spill modeling
  14. Chapter 6: Review of oil spill remote sensing: The current state of the art
  15. Chapter 7: In situ burning: A summary
  16. Chapter 8: Laser fluorosensors for oil spill detection
  17. Chapter 9: Shoreline countermeasures
  18. Chapter 10: Remediation of oiled mangroves: Lessons from the Niger Delta
  19. Chapter 11: Rapid forensic oil identification by direct analysis in real time (DART) with time-of-flight mass spectrometr ...
  20. Chapter 12: Fates of petroleum compounds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
  21. Chapter 13: Bioremediation strategies for diesel-contaminated Antarctic soils
  22. Index
  23. Back Cover