Project Overview - Chemical Engineering Applications to Study the Chemical Evolution and Biological Degradation of the Oil-Dispersant Systems and Subsequent Interaction with the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems - GoMRI - Research Information System

Principal Investigator

The University of Alabama

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Member Institutions

Auburn University, Auburn University at Montgomery, Florida State University, The University of Alabama, University of South Alabama, Vassar College

Summary:

This study includes the following research projects:

Chemical Engineering: Effects of BP Dispersants on Adsorption/Desorption and Biological Fate of Persistent Oil Hydrocarbons
Chemical Engineering: Enhancement of Oil/Dispersant Degradation in Mesocosms.
Chemical Engineering: Assessing the Effects of Oil/Dispersant on Mobility and Biotransformation of Toxic Metals in Gulf Coastal Wetlands
Chemical Engineering: Dispersant/Oil/Particulate formation and fate (deep water). Molecular simulation will be performed to model droplet-particulate growth at deep-sea conditions (42 °F and over 2,300 psi of pressure).
Chemical Engineering: Experimental Dispersant/Oil/Particulate formation and fate (deep water). Experimental droplet-particulate formation using commercial dispersants at deep-sea conditions.
Chemical Engineering: Dispersant/Oil/Particulate formation and fate (ambient). Experimental droplet-particulate formation with dispersant at ambient conditions near the shoreline.