Oil product spreading on the water surface limitation using air stream

The oil spill in the marine environment is becoming a serious problem in the recent years. After it enters the water remediation techniques should be applied as soon as possible, because right after oil enters the water a number of weathering and transportation processes start changing its physical and chemical properties. Before deploying oil remediation techniques the direction and velocity of wind and water currents must be observed. Since wind is one of the parameters making oil to spread, it is believed that artificially caused air stream can help to control its spreading. During experiment was established that between 2.5-3.5 m/s air flow velocities diesel, as an used oil product, spreading at certain thicknesses can be limited. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.