Experimental studies on drift characteristics of heavy oil and drift objects in laboratory tank and coastal area

In this study, drift experiments were carried out using thin drifting mat in the real sea and the validity of real-time data was examined. In the real sea, it is difficult to conduct drift experiments using real oil. Before the experiment, drift experiment had been done in the laboratory tank and a better drifting object was selected for the real sea experiment. By comparing heavy oil and the thin rubber mat, we found drift speed of oil slick and the rubber mat are similar, the thin rubber was used for drift experiments in the real sea.