tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post6930927013519169446..comments2024-03-28T21:34:42.328-05:00Comments on Bit Tooth Energy: Deepwater Oil Spill - varying the junk mix and cutting the flowHeading Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-14602444105597878162010-05-29T13:37:45.980-05:002010-05-29T13:37:45.980-05:00I do appreciate these simply rendered descriptions...I do appreciate these simply rendered descriptions.<br /><br />I was struck by descriptions of "white flakes" in the water column on Thursday. These would likely be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_snow" rel="nofollow"> marine snow</a>, "a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. Its origin lies in activities within the productive photic zone." This would not say that the local water column is still productive. The fall velocity of particles is slow enough that they could be advected in from unaffected areas of the Gulf. Marine snow can be seen in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBxf1IjlhWc" rel="nofollow"> this short underwater video</a> from the northern GOM in 2003.porsenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362269873149438270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-16810553013239910942010-05-29T13:23:13.469-05:002010-05-29T13:23:13.469-05:00Thanks, Dick:
I mentioned in an earlier post t...Thanks, Dick:<br /> I mentioned in an earlier post that the Dept of Energy has brought the full resources of the National Labs to look at this, so I am sure that they have been developing some more sophisticated shapes than the ones that I mention. The problem is to get them wedged into the cracks and flow channels so that they can't be destroyed or moved. Reducing the effective diameter of the flow path will also likely raise the pressures a little in the well. But we don't know the exact shapes that they are using.Heading Outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-19441134453594677722010-05-29T12:46:48.267-05:002010-05-29T12:46:48.267-05:00Hi Dave
Thanks for making this blow out make some...Hi Dave<br /><br />Thanks for making this blow out make some sense. <br /><br />Do they consider the shape of the junk in the junks shots? This recent article shows why tetrahedrons pack tighter than any other shape.<br /><br />www.physorg.com/pdf192123262.pdf <br /><br />Summary:<br />http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100504215932.htm <br /><br />I use to blast in a hard rock quarry. We used 6 inch holes and we topped off the explosives with about 10 feet of crushed stone. It still amazes me how powerfully that stone contained the blast.<br /><br />Thanks again<br />Dick Fischbeck<br />Freedom, Mainedick fischbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277255042244511975noreply@blogger.com