ABSTRACT
Algorithms for the separate, but interconnected, processes are considered briefly. A simpler finite difference form of the equations used to describe the process of emulsion formation. It was noted that mousse formation and oil-in-water dispersion are competitive processes for any given oil under certain temperatures and sea conditions, algorithms were also developed to describe the oil-in-water dispersion phenomena. The mechanisms for the formation of these droplets are far from clear, but suggested that the dominant mechanism is wave breaking or white capping in which the water plunges into the oil slick, driving it under the surface. Thus, some modifications would be required to predict the thickness of water-in-oil emulsions or mousse. With the exception of Butler, who used his model to predict the age of pelagic tar, most of these dispersion models do not deal directly with the ultimate weathering or fate of water-in-oil emulsions or mousse.
