WEBIn the United States, dispersant products must achieve a measured effectiveness of 45% or greater using the Swirling Flask Test (SFT) in order to be placed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National Contingency Plan (NCP) Product Schedule (NCPPS) for possible use in an oil spill.
Characterization of Turbulent Properties in the EPA Baffled Flask …
WEBJan 1, 2016 · The baffled flask test (BFT) has been proposed by United States Environmental Protection Agency to be adopted as the official standard protocol for testing dispersant effectiveness. The mixing energy in the baffled flask is …
WEBEPA Baffled Flask Test (BFT), the WSL Laboratory test (WSL), ExxonMobil’s EXDET test and the swirling flask test are the bench-scale test methods used in the study. 1
The Baffled Flask Test for Dispersant Effectiveness: A Round …
WEBDec 1, 2002 · In September, 1994, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially adopted the swirling flask test (SFT) as its official laboratory screening methodology for testing the effectiveness of dispersants in seawater.
OSRR-666-Baffled Flask Dispersant Effectiveness Testing
WEBApr 21, 2011 · BOEMRE has entered into an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct laboratory dispersant effectiveness tests (DE) using the Baffled Flask Test (BFT) on twenty crude and …
Oil Spill Dispersant Effectiveness Protocol. II: Performance of …
WEBOct 1, 2004 · The current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protocol for testing the effectiveness of dispersants for use in treating oil spills on the open water, the swirling flask test (SFT), has been found to give widely varying results in the hands of different testing laboratories.
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WEBThe current EPA protocol for testing the effectiveness of dispersants in the laboratory—the Swirling Flask Test—is fraught with difficulties because it has been found to give widely varying results in the hands of different testing laboratories.
Laboratory testing of dispersant effectiveness at high pressures
WEBOct 6, 2022 · For typical surface oil spills, dispersant effectiveness is experimentally measured under laboratory conditions by the US-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) baffled flask test, which was later adapted as ASTM standard method F3251.
The Baffled Flask Test for Dispersant Effectiveness: A Round …
WEBDec 1, 2002 · A baffled flask test (BFT) is a laboratoryscale test for measuring dispersion effectiveness developed by the U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development.
WEBThe test used in this study was the Baffled Flask Test (BFT), which is planned for adoption as EPA’s official testing protocol for listing commercial dispersant products on the National Contingency Plan Product Schedule, replacing the current Swirling Flask Test (SFT) [1].