• Laboratory Study for the Identification of Parameters affecting the Penetration Behavior of Spilled crude oil in a Coastal Sandy Beach
  • Cheong Jo, Cheong;
  • Department of Environmental Engineering, Sunchon National University;
  • 해양에서 유출된 기름의 해변 토양 침투거동에 미치는 영향인자 규명 실험
Abstract
Understanding the penetration behavior of the spilled oil is very important to remove itself and to minimize its impact on intertidal biological communities by earlier treatment of the oil. The purpose of this study is to clarify the effects of wave and tidal actions on the penetration of spilled oil and to evaluate main factors of oil penetration using a sandy-beach model. Infiltration processes into the sediments showed significant difference between seawater and crude oil. Seawater was infiltrated by both wave action and tidal fluctuation into the sediments in sandy beach. However, spilled crude oil penetrated into the sediments only by falling tides and not by wave action, and the first tide is most important for the penetration of stranded oil. Over 70% of bulk fraction in penetrated crude oil was concentrated to the top 2 cm sediment-layer when spilled oil volume was 1 L/$\textrm{m}^2$. Moreover, the penetration of stranded oil into the sandy beach sediments was strongly correlated with the oil viscosity affected by temperature.

기름의 침투거동에 관한 정보는 처리대책의 수립 및 생물학적 영향을 최소화 하기 위한 중요한 단서가 된다. 본 연구에서는 사질지형의 조간대 모형을 이용하여 유출된 기름의 토양침투 거동을 파악하고 침투에 미치는 주된 영향인자를 규명하는 것을 목적으로 하여 연구를 수행하였다. 해수와 유출된 원유의 연안 해변 토양 침투거동은 전혀 달랐다. 해수는 파도와 조석의 물리적 작용에 의해서 토양 중으로 침투를 하였으나, 유출된 원유는 파도에 의해서는 침투되지 않고 조석작용에 의해서만 토양 중으로 침투하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 평방미터당 1 L의 유출유가 표착하였을 경우 약 70%이상의 유분이 토양 표층 2 cm의 부분에 집중되는 침투경향을 나타내었다. 그리고, 유출된 기름의 토양침투에는 온도의 변화에 의존하는 기름의 점도가 강한 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다.

Keywords: Coastal pollution;Sandy beach model;Spilled crude oil;Wave and tidal action;Oil viscosity;

Keywords: 연안오염;모형해변;유출원유;파도와 조석의 작용;기름의 점도;

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  • 2003; 8(1): 81-86

    Published on Mar 1, 2003