Combustion of oil floating on water
A method for combusting oil from an oil-containing layer floating on water as from an oil spill or well leak. In the method, an oxygen-containing gas is passed through a conduit, the oxygen-containing gas from the conduit is introduced proximate the oil-containing layer floating on water, and oil from the oil-containing layer is combusted with the oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a flame. The oxygen-containing gas is introduced with an oxygen molar flow rate sufficient to decrease the opacity of a smoke plume from the combusting oil.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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Xianming Jimmy David Hon Sing Leighta Maureen Tunc Paul M.
Li Ying Johnson Goruney Ashline