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Recent development in the treatment of oily sludge from petroleum industry: A review
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The origin, characteristics, and environmental impacts of oily sludge were introduced and no single specific process can be considered as a panacea since each method is associated with different advantages and limitations.About:
This article is published in Journal of Hazardous Materials.The article was published on 2013-10-15. It has received 770 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sewage sludge treatment & Hazardous waste.read more
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Bioremediation of soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, petroleum, pesticides, chlorophenols and heavy metals by composting: Applications, microbes and future research needs
TL;DR: Composting or compost addition can simultaneously increase soil organic matter content and soil fertility besides bioremediation, and thus is believed to be one of the most cost-effective methods for soil remediation.
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Demulsification techniques of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry
Reza Zolfaghari,Ahmadun Fakhru’l-Razi,Luqman Chuah Abdullah,Said S.E.H. Elnashaie,Alireza Pendashteh +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the most commonly exploited demulsification techniques (i.e., chemical, biological, membrane, electrical, and microwave irradiation) of both oilfield and synthetic emulsions, taking into account the emulsion-stabilizing and -destabilizing effects with regard to the dominant parameters plus the emuls composition are discussed.
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A Comprehensive Review of Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation by Bacteria
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Biosurfactants: Promising Molecules for Petroleum Biotechnology Advances.
Darne Germano de Almeida,Rita de Cássia Freire Soares da Silva,Juliana M. Luna,Raquel D. Rufino,Valdemir Alexandre dos Santos,Ibrahim M. Banat,Leonie Asfora Sarubbo,Leonie Asfora Sarubbo +7 more
TL;DR: Biosurfactants are going to have a significant role in many future applications in the oil industries and in this review, recent important relevant applications, patents disclosures and potential future applications for biosurfactant in petroleum and related industries are highlighted.
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Superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic membranes - A review of synthesis methods
Soheil Zarghami,Toraj Mohammadi,Mohtada Sadrzadeh,Mohtada Sadrzadeh,Bart Van der Bruggen,Bart Van der Bruggen +5 more
TL;DR: A review of state-of-the-art super-hydrophilic and underwater super-oleophilic (SUS) membranes that are being developed to overcome the aforementioned challenges can be found in this paper.
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Biodegradation aspects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): A review
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Effects of fire on properties of forest soils: a review
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An overview of fast pyrolysis of biomass
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