Oil Spill Science and Technology - Prevention, Response and Clean Up

Provides scientists, engineers and practitioners with the various methods used for identifying and eliminating spills before they occur and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials for dealing with oil spills in different environments. This title includes the fate and effects of oil spills and means to assess damage.

List of contents

1. Introduction and the Oil Spill Problem
2. Risk Analysis and Prevention
3. Types of Oils and Their Properties
4. Oil Analysis and Remote Sensing
5. Behaviour of Oil in the Environment
6. Physical Spill Countermeasures on Water
7. Treating Agents
8. In situ Burning
9. Shoreline Countermeasures
10. Separation and Disposal
11. Spills on land
12. Assessment
13. Oil Biodegradation
14. Arctic Spills and Cleanup
15. Effects of Oil in the Environment
16. Contingency Planning and Command
17. Specific Case Studies

Product details

• Authors: Mervin Fingas, Mervin F. Fingas
• Assisted by: Mervin Fingas (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.2010
• EAN: 9781856179430
• ISBN: 978-1-85617-943-0
• No. of pages: 1192
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering