Photochemical formation of water-soluble oxyPAHs, naphthenic acids, and other hydrocarbon oxidation products from Cook Inlet, Alaska crude oil and diesel in simulated seawater spills
Maxwell L. Harsha, Zachary C. Redman, Josh Wesolowski, David C. Podgorski, Patrick L. Tomco
Abstract
Hydrocarbon oxidation products (HOPs) formed from crude oil and diesel were generated from laboratory simulated spills at four different periods (1, 4, 7, and 10 days) under environmental conditions that mimicked those in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Topics & Concepts
HydrocarbonInletDiesel fuelSeawaterOil spillEnvironmental scienceCrude oilEnvironmental chemistryLight crude oilPetroleum engineeringEnvironmental engineeringWaste managementChemistryGeologyOceanographyOrganic chemistryEngineeringOil Spill Detection and MitigationAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsPetroleum Processing and Analysis