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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-Martínez
None
aetejada@usf.edu
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Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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