Turbulent Vertical Mixing and the Formation of Oil Particle Aggregates: LES, Measurements and Modeling
Implementing Organization
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$422,399
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Funding Program
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Chemical Aspects Research
Targeted Resources
Petroleum
Project Description
The project uses recently developed models by the PIs along with a coastal circulation model coupled with wave and sediment models to provide a holistic description for the physical behavior of oil from the inner shelf through the surf zone. In particular, an oil particle aggregate model developed by one of the PIs will be integrated with the coastal circulation model within a Lagrangian-Eulerian framework serving to provide estimates of oil particle aggregate formation throughout these zones.
Contact
Andrés Tejada-MartínezNone
aetejada@usf.edu
Project Website
Project Partners
None
Affiliated Institutions
None