Table 4.1 Experimental measurements of oil droplet size distributions
Study
DeepSpill (Johansen
et al. 2000)
Masutani and
Adams (2001)
Brandvik
et al. (2013)
Belore (2014)
Aman et al.
(2015)
Zhao et al.
(2016)
Brandvik et al.
(2017)
Malone et al.
(2018)
No. of datasets (no.
of dispersant cases
thereof)
1
 71
15 (8)
56 (56)
8
1
24 (12)
8
Varied parameter(s)
–
Oil type, Q, D
Q, D, DOR
Oil type, Q,
D, GOR, DOR
Turning
speed
–
Gas void
fraction, DOR,
p, T
Gas saturation,
oil type, Q
Oil type(s)
Marine diesel fuel
4 crudes,
silicone oil
Oseberg blend Endicott crude,
dorado crude
Louisiana
sweet crude
JP 5 (jet
fuel oil)
Oseberg blend
Louisiana
sweet crude,
n-decane
Hydrostatic pressure 85 atm
1 atm
1.6 atm
1 atm
110 atm
1 atm
 59–172 bar
151 atm
Gas- saturated oil?
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes, partly
Gas void fraction
Yes
No
Partly
Yes
No
No
Yes, partly
No
Nozzle diameter
120 mm
1 mm; 2 mm;
5 mm
0.5 to 3 mm
1.5 mm;
4.5 mm
n/a
25.4 mm
3 mm
1.5 mm
Oil volume flow
60 m
3
/h
0.05 to 3 L/min 0.2 to 5 L/min 0.285 to
1.5 L/min
n/a
378 L/min 1.5 L/min
1.1–2.1 L/min
Dispersant
No
No
Yes, partly
Yes, all
No
No
Yes, partly
No
Reynolds number
(only no dispersant
cases)
Approx. 3.9*10
4
23 to 795
1.4–8.9*10
3
n/a
1.1–5.4*10
3
5.9*10
4
8.4–9.7 *10
3
0.16–3.0*10
4
Weber number (only
no dispersant cases)
Approx. 2.5*10
4
40 to 1860
0.7–7.6*10
4
n/a
 50–300
1.6*10
5
1.3–1.5*10
3
0.22–2.2*10
4