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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. A. Murawski et al. (eds.), Deep Oil Spills,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_11
Chapter 11
Far-Field Modeling of a Deep-Sea Blowout:
Sensitivity Studies of Initial Conditions,
Biodegradation, Sedimentation,
and Subsurface Dispersant Injection
on Surface Slicks and Oil Plume
Concentrations
Natalie Perlin, Claire B. Paris, Igal Berenshtein, Ana C. Vaz, Robin Faillettaz,
Zachary M. Aman, Patrick T. Schwing, Isabel C. Romero, Michael Schlüter,
Andreas Liese, Nuttapol Noirungsee, and Steffen Hackbusch
Abstract Modeling of large-scale oil transport and fate resulting from deep-sea oil
spills is highly complex due to a number of bio-chemo-geophysical interactions,
which are often empirically based. Predicting mass-conserved total petroleum
hydrocarbon concentrations is thus still a challenge for most oil spill models. In
addition, dynamic quantification and visualization of spilled oil concentrations are
necessary both for first response and basin-wide impact studies. This chapter presents a new implementation of the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) oil
application that tracks individual multi-fraction oil droplets and estimates oil
N. Perlin (*) · C. B. Paris · I. Berenshtein · A. C. Vaz · R. Faillettaz
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
Miami, FL, USA
e-mail: nperlin@miami.edu; cparis@rsmas.miami.edu; iberenshtein@rsmas.miami.edu;
avaz@rsmas.miami.edu; robin.faillettaz@rsmas.miami.edu
Z. M. Aman
The University of Western Australia, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering,
Perth, WA, Australia
e-mail: zachary.aman@uwa.edu.au
P. T. Schwing · I. C. Romero
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: pschwing@mail.usf.edu; isabelromero@mail.usf.edu
M. Schlüter
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: michael.schlueter@tuhh.de
A. Liese · N. Noirungsee · S. Hackbusch
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: andreas.liese@tuhh.de; nuttapol.noirungsee@tuhh.de; steffen.hackbusch@tuhh.de
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. A. Murawski et al. (eds.), Deep Oil Spills,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_11
Chapter 11
Far-Field Modeling of a Deep-Sea Blowout:
Sensitivity Studies of Initial Conditions,
Biodegradation, Sedimentation,
and Subsurface Dispersant Injection
on Surface Slicks and Oil Plume
Concentrations
Natalie Perlin, Claire B. Paris, Igal Berenshtein, Ana C. Vaz, Robin Faillettaz,
Zachary M. Aman, Patrick T. Schwing, Isabel C. Romero, Michael Schlüter,
Andreas Liese, Nuttapol Noirungsee, and Steffen Hackbusch
Abstract Modeling of large-scale oil transport and fate resulting from deep-sea oil
spills is highly complex due to a number of bio-chemo-geophysical interactions,
which are often empirically based. Predicting mass-conserved total petroleum
hydrocarbon concentrations is thus still a challenge for most oil spill models. In
addition, dynamic quantification and visualization of spilled oil concentrations are
necessary both for first response and basin-wide impact studies. This chapter presents a new implementation of the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) oil
application that tracks individual multi-fraction oil droplets and estimates oil
N. Perlin (*) · C. B. Paris · I. Berenshtein · A. C. Vaz · R. Faillettaz
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
Miami, FL, USA
e-mail: nperlin@miami.edu; cparis@rsmas.miami.edu; iberenshtein@rsmas.miami.edu;
avaz@rsmas.miami.edu; robin.faillettaz@rsmas.miami.edu
Z. M. Aman
The University of Western Australia, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering,
Perth, WA, Australia
e-mail: zachary.aman@uwa.edu.au
P. T. Schwing · I. C. Romero
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: pschwing@mail.usf.edu; isabelromero@mail.usf.edu
M. Schlüter
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: michael.schlueter@tuhh.de
A. Liese · N. Noirungsee · S. Hackbusch
Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Hamburg, Germany
e-mail: andreas.liese@tuhh.de; nuttapol.noirungsee@tuhh.de; steffen.hackbusch@tuhh.de