RT Journal Article
T1 A compositional Eulerian approach for modeling oil spills in the sea
A1 Ivorra, Benjamín Pierre Paul
A1 Gómez, Susana
A1 Carrera, Jesus
A1 Ramos Del Olmo, Ángel Manuel
AB We present a Compositional Eulerian model to forecast the evolution of oil spills in the sea. The model allows studying the fate of not only the oil concentration but also of each component (e.g., volatile, non-volatile, water in the oil). Therefore, the problem is formulated as a conservation equation for each component, plus an equation to estimate the age of the oil, which allows us to assess weathering processes (e.g., evaporation, natural dispersion, emulsion) and the associated changes in oil properties. We describe an efficient implementation, using second order numerical schemes for advection and nonlinear diffusion terms, to reduce numerical diffusion. We perform numerical experiments, based on real and synthetic cases, to illustrate and validate the capabilities of our model to forecast the evolution of oil spills and to perform environmental risk analysis in the case of a potential accident.
PB Elsevier
SN 00298018
YR 2021
FD 2021-10-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4666
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4666
LA eng
NO CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2021)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Universidad de México
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 may 2025