Abstract
Large-scale test burns on the combustion of crude oil on water completed in a 2 m i.d. test pan to simulate large-scale crude oil fires. Data on burning rate, composition changes, thermal radiation, and the effect of heat addition, indicate combustion may be a viable method for mitigating oil spills on open waters. With the exception of thermal radiation data, the data are presented in this paper. The combustion mechanism appears to be described by equilibrium flash vaporization (EFV) followed by a limited amount of entrainment. In addition, burning rate for the crude oils tested was found to be a weak function of heat addition and to be relatively independent of specific gravity.
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