In situ oil spill burning
In-situ burning is the term given to the process of burning floating oil at sea, at or close to the site of a spill. In order Burning oil at seas has, in ideal conditions, the potential to remove relatively large amounts of oil from the sea surface. A burn In certain cases – usually in remote areas – it is possible to burn off spilled oil "in situ" (Latin for "in place"). Burning can eliminate large volumes of oil quickly and ALOFT software is being used by oil spill response teams to help assess the potential impact of intentional burning. Keywords: ALOFT, combustion, large eddy