Sanchi / invisible spill of enourmous size

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invisible spill
of enourmous size

Sanchi 06.01.2018
Can you imagine an incredible amount of   condensate oil   pouring into the sea?
Listen to   data sonification   from   Sanchi oil spill  . 
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1/45 days
How the player works?The audio player is based on a comprehensive dataset, mapping 45 days after the Sanchi tanker accident. These data refer to the mass balance of condensate oil and bunker of the ship. They show what happened to the individual components of both fluids in the sea. Each of the monitored categories (f.e. biodegraded, dissolved, etc.) links to one musical instrument. The pitch of the instrument derives from the value of the day in the given category. The electronic musical instrument emits lower tones at lower values ​​for the day and vice versa. We afterwards manipulate the sound to illustrate, for example, the gas evaporation into the atmosphere or, conversely, the descent of solid components to the seabed.

Time

Days

Condensate oil

Biodegraded
(i)Some light components, such as light hydrocarbons, dissolved and remained in the water columns until they disintegrated.
Stranded
(i)Part of the liquid reaches the shore.
Atmosphere
(i)The surface liquid gradually evaporated. Other components got into the atmosphere by burning.
Submerged
(i)A lot of liquid leaked into the water for 20 days, the crack in the tank was probably small.
Surface
(i)The components with the highest density stayed on the surface, exposed to wind and surface waves.
Sediment
(i)Heavier substances declined to the bottom with clay or sand.

Bunker oil

Biodegraded
(i)Some light components, such as light hydrocarbons, dissolved and remained in the water columns until they disintegrated.
Stranded
(i)Part of the liquid reaches the shore.
Atmosphere
(i)The surface liquid gradually evaporated. Other components got into the atmosphere by burning.
Submerged
(i)A lot of liquid leaked into the water for 20 days, the crack in the tank was probably small.
Surface
(i)The components with the highest density stayed on the surface, exposed to wind and surface waves.
Sediment
(i)Heavier substances declined to the bottom with clay or sand.