Oily wastewater treatment: methods, challenges, and trends

ADLM Medeiros, CJG Silva Junior, JDP Amorim… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing interest in innovations regarding the treatment of oily wastewater stems from
the fact that the oil industry is the largest polluter of the environment. The harm caused by …

Superhydrophobic nanohybrid sponges for separation of oil/water mixtures

NY Abu-Thabit, OJ Uwaezuoke, MHA Elella - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The industrial revolution has led to different types of environmental pollution, including
frequent leakage of crude oil to marine waters and the contamination of wastewater with …

Magnetic, self–heating and superhydrophobic sponge for solar–driven high–viscosity oil–water separation

Z Chu, Y Feng, T Xu, C Zhu, K Li, Y Li, Y Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel oil–adsorption sponge with superhydrophobicity was fabricated using
polymer–assisted electroless deposition and dip–coating techniques for depositing a rough …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the environmental footprint of recycled plastic pellets: A life-cycle assessment perspective

J Saleem, F Tahir, MZK Baig, T Al-Ansari… - … Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic production has significant environmental impacts, including water pollution, global
warming, resource depletion, and microplastic pollution. To address this, it is crucial to …

Adsorption of crude oil from aqueous solution: a review

EC Emenike, J Adeleke, KO Iwuozor, S Ogunniyi… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crude oil provides a significant contribution to a country's economy, resulting in a diverse
range of petroleum products that can be used to create significant income. However, the …

Propensity and appraisal of biochar performance in removal of oil spills: A comprehensive review

AMP Madhubashani, DA Giannakoudakis… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the adsorption-based environmental remediation techniques have gained a
considerable attention, due to their economic viability and simplicity over other methods …

Fabrication of outstanding thermal-insulating, mechanical robust and superhydrophobic PP/CNT/sorbitol derivative nanocomposite foams for efficient oil/water …

J Zhao, Y Huang, G Wang, Y Qiao, Z Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water pollution caused by industrial oily wastewater, is world-widely concerned by both
scientific and practical researches, owing to its catastrophic destruction to natural …

Review of waste plastics treatment and utilization: efficient conversion and high value utilization

B Hu, S Wang, J Yan, H Zhang, L Qiu, W Liu… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
With technique advancement and improved living standards, plastic production and usage
have surged. This has led to a significant increase in plastic waste, causing severe …

Efficient removal of viscous crude oil by a super-hydrophobic polystyrene/carbon black foam with photo-thermal conversion

D Qiao, Y Guan, D Zhang, B Bi, Y Li - Environmental Science: Nano, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient treatment of oil spills still remains a worldwide challenge. Traditional
hydrophobic absorbents show limitation in absorbing high-viscosity crude oil. Fortunately …

History of a disaster: A baseline assessment of the Wakashio oil spill on the coast of Mauritius, Indian Ocean

S Rajendran, VM Aboobacker, VO Seegobin… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil spills from tanker ships provide adverse and irreversible impacts of a pollutant over
coastal and marine environments. Using Sentinel-1 and 2 satellite images, this baseline …