Modified Weber Number application

[RachaelDMueller]

The modified weber number approach that was developed in Johansen et al. (2015) and used in our study was validated by flume experiments with 3 oil types that had viscosities ranging from 56 - 5940 [m Pa s] and oil-water interfacial tensions of 10 - 25 [(m N) / m].

The viscosities of the four oil types that we are using are 2 - 45030 [m Pa s] (specifically: 2, 16, 150, 45030) and the OW interfacial tensions are 16.3 - 40 [(m N) / m] (specifically: 28, 19.9, 16.3, and 40) for Diesel, AKNS, Dilbit and Bunker-C, respectively.

The application of this method to oils with the properties that we are using in this study has not yet been validated or tested. There is no reason to think that this method isn’t applicable to our study but I flag the information here to bookmark this as an area for future refinement.