Theoretical Insight into the Biodegradation of Solitary Oil Microdroplets Moving through a Water Column

Theoretical Insight into the Biodegradation of Solitary Oil Microdroplets Moving through a Water Column

In the aftermath of oil spills in the sea, clouds of droplets drift into the seawater column and are carried away by sea currents. The fate of the drifting droplets is determined by natural attenuation processes, mainly dissolution into the seawater and biodegradation by oil-degrading microbial comm...

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Main Authors: George E. Kapellos, Christakis A. Paraskeva, Nicolas Kalogerakis, Patrick S. Doyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Bioengineering
Subjects:
biofilm
crude oil
modeling
oil spill
droplet cloud
droplet dissolution
droplet biodegradation
Sherwood number
mass transfer
compound droplet model
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/5/1/15

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