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Mosideo/cirfa tank experiments on behavior and detection of oil in ice

Abstract

In the Arctic, presence of sea ice presents a challenge to safe and sustainable operations. To optimize planning and minimize impact of inadvertent oil spills, oil-in-ice experiments were performed at the HSVA Arctic Environmental Test Basin (AETB) from 14 March to 4 April 2017. Following an under-ice spill and simulated springtime warming, the microscopic movement and distribution of oil in the sea ice pore space as well as the detectability of oil as it approaches the surface were investigated. Two ice types were studied simultaneously, i.e., columnar ice with and without a granular ice surface layer. Among the detection techniques were electromagnetic (radar, tomographic SAR) and optical (fluorescent, hyperspectral, thermal) sensors, and microscopic distribution of oil in sea ice were determined through X-ray computed tomography (CT). This paper presents the setup of the experiment and general ice properties. It was found that the movement of oil differed considerably between the investigated ice types. Predicting the behavior of oil in ice based on environmental conditions will help optimize the approaches used in spill detection and response.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Christian Petrich
  • Megan O'Sadnick
  • Camilla Brekke
  • Marianne Myrnes
  • Sønke Maus
  • Martina Lan Salomon
  • Sofie Woelk
  • Tom Grydeland
  • Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jenssen
  • Hajo Eicken
  • Marc Oggier
  • Laurent Ferro-Famil
  • Lekhmissi Harkati
  • Ott Rebane
  • Nils Reimer

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Narvik
  • Estonia
  • University of Rennes I
  • Hamburg Ship Model Basin
  • UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks

Year

2019

Published in

Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions

ISSN

0376-6756

Volume

2019-June

Page(s)

1 - 11

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