TY - JOUR
T1 - Susceptibility to oil spill spreading using case studies and simulated scenarios
AU - Barbosa Monteiro, Caroline
AU - Haron Oleinik, Phelype
AU - Fagundes Leal, Thalita
AU - de Paula Kirinus, Eduardo
AU - Ernestino Toldo Júnior, Elírio
AU - Correa Marques, Wiliam
AU - de Carvalho Faria Lima Lopes, Bruna
PY - 2020/12/31
Y1 - 2020/12/31
N2 - Fossil fuels still prevail over other energy sources in the world’s consumption energy matrix. Thus, oil transportation and operations over maritime routes have been in high demand for a long time. Although oil spill accidents caused by these activities have reduced significantly over the last few decades, they still cause great concern. From this perspective, this paper presents simulation analyses of oil spill case studies using TELEMAC-3D hydrodynamic model coupled with an oil model. Hence a location susceptible to such accidents was selected and three real oil spills were simulated, for each of which there were official technical monitoring reports available. The obtained results contribute to the knowledge of oil pollution susceptibility in environmentally sensitive areas, as well as provide information concerning oil slick behaviour. Additionally, similarities between the modelled results and the technical reports were confirmed. These findings are useful for contingency planning and responding to these probable accidents.
AB - Fossil fuels still prevail over other energy sources in the world’s consumption energy matrix. Thus, oil transportation and operations over maritime routes have been in high demand for a long time. Although oil spill accidents caused by these activities have reduced significantly over the last few decades, they still cause great concern. From this perspective, this paper presents simulation analyses of oil spill case studies using TELEMAC-3D hydrodynamic model coupled with an oil model. Hence a location susceptible to such accidents was selected and three real oil spills were simulated, for each of which there were official technical monitoring reports available. The obtained results contribute to the knowledge of oil pollution susceptibility in environmentally sensitive areas, as well as provide information concerning oil slick behaviour. Additionally, similarities between the modelled results and the technical reports were confirmed. These findings are useful for contingency planning and responding to these probable accidents.
KW - oil spill modelling
KW - susceptibility
KW - environmentally sensitive areas
UR - https://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-pollution
U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115451
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115451
M3 - Article
SN - 0269-7491
VL - 267
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
M1 - 115451
ER -