Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Under the background of rapid social and economic development in China, the demand for oil transportation has increased rapidly, resulting in the frequent occurrence of sudden water pollution accidents. To control and prevent pollution due to spilled oil effectively, a large reservoir in the northeastern area of China is taken as the study site and two scenarios are investigated: (1) onshore discharge of an accidental instant pollutant source and (2) offshore discharge of an accidental instant pollutant source. Spilled oil is discretized into a certain number of oil particles. The surface current field of the reservoir is extracted through three-dimensional hydrodynamic numerical simulations. Based on an oil particle model, the advection, wind-driven drift, and random walk of oil particles are accounted for, and the migration path of oil particles that land onshore is revised. Moreover, the migration and spatial distribution pattern of spilled oil with respect to time are simulated and analysed.
Authors: Lin Zhang, Zhaohui Chai, Qihong Yang, Fengyang Min
Institution: Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4403717798