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Overview – relevant activities Test facilities with AI – first engineering and then effects Studies with Kinder Morgan and WCSS Fate and Behaviour, Modeling
Overview relevant activities Test facilities with AI first
engineering and then effects Studies with Kinder Morgan and WCSS
Fate and Behaviour, Modeling empirical based
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Background Fingas or as Spill Science has been active for 40
years in oil spill studies focussing on 1. Oil spill dynamics,
behaviour and modeling 2. Oil analysis and measurement 3. Oil
chemistry 4. Oil remote sensing 5. In-situ burning
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Test facilities Carried out by CFER part of AI (Centre for
Frontier Engineering Research part of old Alberta Research Council)
CFER focusses on engineering portion Will also try to establish a
fate and effects side to this endeavour Slide show from CFER
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Proposal Overview
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Objectives Simulate spills on inland waterways Still and
flowing water, below surface release Evaluate on water leak
detection technologies Hyperspectral imaging Evaluate airborne leak
detection technologies VOC Monitoring Evaluate spill recovery
technologies Skimmers and booms Train first responders
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Proposed Approach Phase 1A Lab testing of small skimmers Set up
lab-scale wave tank Phase 1B - Remote sensing of leaks Set up field
testing site for airborne leak detection Phase 2 Field testing of
large skimmers Set up large wave tank in field Phase 3 Spill
response on inland waterways Build artificial river and
wetland
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Lab-Scale Equipment Current system meets code to release
hazardous material, such as dilbit Ventilation Electrical Storage
Delivery Containment Source: Wired Magazine
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Field-Scale Equipment Simulate freshwater environments: Basin
with waves Flowing water Wetlands Include cold weather operations
and ice Evaluate and demonstrate technologies Train first
responders
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Wave Generator Oil Storage & Separation System Pump Skid
Jib Crane Training Room Control Room Test Basin Phase 1: Test Basin
Test Basin
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Artificial River Shoreline vegetation Riffle zone Wei r Phase
2: Artificial Stream River System
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Wetland Wei r Phase 3: Wetland Wetland
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Extension to Fate and Effect Studies Extend the study
facilities at Vegreville Extend the use of the test tanks to also
conduct fate studies
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Studies with Kinder Morgan Advise and review a major test of
Dilbit studies and countermeasures test Carried out at Gainford,
Alberta Resulted in extensive information, including extensive
chemical information on water components
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Study Sponsored by WCSS Resulted in a compilation of fate and
behaviour studies on Bitumen and Dilbit to provide a first
behaviour prediction scheme Study extended later to be a serial in
the ISCO newsletter and will be expanded again in upcoming
AMOP
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Behaviour and Fate Studies Continue to develop methods to
relate empirical studies to algorithms to predict fate Basic
concept to firmly understand the chemistry and physics of a
particular facet of oil behaviour and then extend it to provide
prediction
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How studies conducted Start with controlled weathering
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Items measured in aliquots By standard means standards
developed
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Measurement needs Solubility several studies on how to measure
static equilibrium useless for environment and modeling Searching
for support to develop a dynamic method need to relate starting oil
chemistry to soluble components and water conditions Toxicity did
this years ago Rainbow Trout LC50 More chemistry
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Oil behaviour Have done about 400 oils (including all my time
in EC) for these items Need to develop solubility and add this item
do some form of aquatic toxicity maybe Daphnia Magna and/or
Microtox Need to do more current oils