...spills based on thermodynamics and nucleation theory which includes predictions of both triggering and vapor explosion consequence. We discover that the model predictions can be accurately characterized by two independent parameters alone: The initial fraction of methane and the molar mass of the remaining...
...slicks from sea surfaces and to generate small oil-droplet dispersions, which may result in enhanced biodegradation of the oil. In this study, dispersibility and biodegradation of chemically dispersed oils with different physical-chemical properties (paraffinic, naphthenic and asphaltenic oils) were compared...
A small and meso-scale study of the weathering properties of Garantiana crude oil has been performed at 5°C and 13°C in SINTEFs laboratory. The data are used as input for SINTEF's Oil Weathering Model (OWM) to predict the properties and behaviour of the Garantiana crude oil in a spill situation at sea...
...cargoes and try to derive additional revenue from carrying optional spot cargoes. Traditionally, models for ship routing and scheduling problems are based on fixed speed and a given fuel consumption rate for each ship. However, in real life a ship’s speed is variable within an interval, and fuel consumption...
...occupied between 1991 and 2007 in the vicinity of the WOCE A1E/AR7E section are used to investigate various aspects of the Irminger Gyre, a narrow cyclonic recirculation in the southwest Irminger Sea. Vertical sections of absolute geostrophic velocity were constructed using satellite and shipboard velocity...
The current work investigates, both with model tests and numerical calculations, the forces and turning moments experienced by a single-screw ship model in reversing mode. Model tests were carried out by Marintek, in the large towing tank of the Marine Technology Center in Trondheim, on a chemical tanker...