Feng Xing, Zhang Baiyu
Department of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, PR China.
Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollutant Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, St. John's, Canada.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2023 Sep;194(Pt A):115371. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115371. Epub 2023 Aug 15.
Although the marine oil spill pollution issue does not bring us to flock in droves as the new emerging oceanic techniques like wave energy converters, remote operated vehicle (ROV), blue ammonia and green hydrogen, the huge pollution risks of the marine oil spills caused by man-made intentional discharge, old equipment, accidental leakage, war and other aspects should arouse our sufficient attention and concern. As the primary countermeasure of emergency response to a marine oil spill, rapid & efficient oil containment is crucial to limit the pollution scope and the subsequent recovery and treatment. Here, we summarized the existing investigations on oil-spill containment with a marked emphasis on the applications of bubble curtains and their working mechanisms. The critical research progress and trends about the remediation techniques and the application of bubble curtains in marine environments were briefly introduced. The article thoroughly analyzed the basic working mechanism of the bubble curtains in oil spill containment, the technical difficulties of the existing methods, the potential application prospects of coupling with the traditional oil containment booms and the critical scientific problems to be studied in the future. Regarding the issues involving insufficient oil retention performance and inconvenient deployment of the existing traditional oil boom under complex and variable sea conditions, the performance and structural optimization of bubble curtain enhanced oil containment boom will get the top priority in developing the next-generation oil containment techniques.
尽管海洋石油泄漏污染问题不像波浪能转换器、遥控潜水器（ROV）、蓝氨和绿氢等新兴海洋技术那样吸引我们成群结队地关注，但人为故意排放、旧设备、意外泄漏、战争等造成的海洋石油泄漏的巨大污染风险应引起我们足够的重视和关注。作为应对海洋石油泄漏应急响应的首要措施，快速高效的围油对于限制污染范围以及后续的回收和处理至关重要。在此，我们总结了现有的围油调查，重点强调了气泡帷幕的应用及其工作机制。简要介绍了海洋环境中溢油治理技术和气泡帷幕应用的关键研究进展及趋势。文章深入分析了气泡帷幕在围油中的基本工作机制、现有方法的技术难点、与传统围油栏耦合的潜在应用前景以及未来有待研究的关键科学问题。针对现有传统围油栏在复杂多变海况下存在的留油性能不足和部署不便等问题，气泡帷幕增强围油栏的性能和结构优化将成为开发下一代围油技术的首要任务。
