@article {4139,
	title = {A-DROP: A predictive model for the formation of oil particle aggregates (OPA).},
	journal = {Marine Pollution Bulletin},
	volume = {106},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016},
	pages = { 245{\textendash}259},
	abstract = {Oil{\textendash}particle interactions play a major role in removal of free oil from the water column. We present a new conceptual{\textendash}numerical model, A-DROP, to predict oil amount trapped in oil{\textendash}particle aggregates. A new conceptual formulation of oil{\textendash}particle coagulation efficiency is introduced to account for the effects of oil stabilization by particles, particle hydrophobicity, and oil{\textendash}particle size ratio on OPA formation. A-DROP was able to closely reproduce the oil trapping efficiency reported in experimental studies. The model was then used to simulate the OPA formation in a typical nearshore environment. Modeling results indicate that the increase of particle concentration in the swash zone would speed up the oil{\textendash}particle interaction process; but the oil amount trapped in OPAs did not correspond to the increase of particle concentration. The developed A-DROP model could become an important tool in understanding the natural removal of oil and developing oil spill countermeasures by means of oil{\textendash}particle aggregation.},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X16301138},
	author = {Zhao, L. and Boufadel, Michel C. and Geng,  Xiaolong. and Lee, Kenneth and King, Thomas and Robinson, Brian and Fitzpatrick, Faith}
}
