TOWARDS A MORE ACCURATE FLOW RATE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE FOR OIL SPILLS FROM PIPELINES

• Main Author: SUFFIAN, MUHAMMAD HAZIM
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti teknologi Petronas 2013
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13667/1/Final.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13667/

In 2010, an oil rig on the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sunk into the ocean. A leak was discovered on the seabed one mile under the sea. Different techniques were employed to quantify the amount of oil leaked into the ocean, however their results varied quite significantly. The most accurate method t...