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DROPLET BREAK AWAY [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Water Pollution
DEF

A ... boom failure resulting from excessive current velocity [in which] the head wave formed upstream of the oil mass contained within a boom becomes unstable and oil droplets are torn off and become entrained in the water flow beneath the boom.

Key term(s)
  • droplet break away

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

Les courants violents peuvent engendrer un deuxième type d'échappement, l'arrachement ou l'entraînement de gouttelettes. Dans ce cas, un bourrelet se constitue à la marge distale de la nappe retenue par la barrière; le courant déstabilise le bourrelet duquel il arrache et entraîne des gouttelettes. Si ces dernières ne sont pas suffisamment légères pour remonter sous la nappe, elles s'échappent sous la barrière.

Spanish

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