海流作用下海底管道溢油扩散实验研究

采用物理模型试验研究了海流作用下海底输油管道溢油扩散特性。水槽中的原油从管道的泄漏点溢出，并从海底扩散到海面。采用非接触式光学测量技术，设计了图像采集与数据分析系统，研究原油泄漏机理和特性。通过该系统获得了溢油的轨迹、速度和海面上升时间。从定性和定量两个角度分析了水流和溢油量对溢油行为的影响。之后给出了特征物理量对各种因素的敏感性研究。溢油在水下主要以不同粒径的散状颗粒的形式分布。原油的上升过程可分为三个阶段：饱满、分散和聚集阶段。溢油量是影响油粒子上升时间的主要因素。在油粒子的上升过程中，原油的垂直速度主要受溢油量的影响，横向速度则更依赖于水流速度。不同水流与溢油量下，横向溢油速度的偏差远大于海面上升时间和垂直溢油速度的偏差。该研究可为溢油应急预测系统提供理论参考。

Laboratory investigation into the oil diffusion from submarine pipeline under water flow

A physical model test has been conducted to study the oil diffusion from the submarine pipeline under water flow. The crude oil in the flume is spilled from a leakage point of the pipeline and diffused from the seabed to the surface. By the non-contact optical measuring technology, an image acquisition and data analysis system is designed to explore the spilled mechanism and characteristic. The oil trajectory, velocity and the rising time to the surface are obtained through this system. The influence of the water flow and the spilled discharge on the behavior of the spilled oil are analyzed from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives. The sensitivity study of the characteristic physical quantities to various factors are presented afterward. The spilled oil under water is mainly distributed in the form of the scattered particles with different sizes. The rising process of the oil can be divided into three stages: full, dispersion and aggregation period. The spilled discharge is the primary factor affecting the rising time of the oil particles. In the rising process of the oil particles, the vertical velocity of the oil is mainly affected by the spilled discharge, and the transverse velocity is more dependent on the water velocity. The deviation of the transverse oil velocity is much larger than that of the rising time and the vertical oil velocity. The study can provide a theoretical reference for the prediction system of oil spill emergency.