Sorption as a rapidly response for oil spill accidents: A material and mechanistic approach

LMTM Oliveira, J Saleem, A Bazargan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accidents involving oil transportation has increase due to directly connection with the
elevation of global energy demand. The environmental losses are tremendous and brings …

Application of mineral sorbents for removal of petroleum substances: a review

L Bandura, A Woszuk, D Kołodyńska, W Franus - Minerals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Environmental pollution with petroleum products has become a major problem worldwide,
and is a consequence of industrial growth. The development of sustainable methods for the …

Adsorption of Cu (II) ions from aqueous solutions on biochars prepared from agricultural by-products

FM Pellera, A Giannis, D Kalderis… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study, the adsorption of Cu (II) from aqueous solutions by agricultural by-products,
such as rice husks, olive pomace and orange waste, as well as compost, was evaluated …

Adsorption of volatile organic compounds onto natural porous minerals

G Zhang, Y Liu, S Zheng, Z Hashisho - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The abundance of natural porous minerals and their low cost make them the potential
adsorbents for VOCs (volatile organic compounds). In this paper, three natural minerals …

Organic xenobiotics removal in constructed wetlands, with emphasis on the importance of the support matrix

AV Dordio, AJP Carvalho - Journal of Hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are increasingly popular as an efficient and economical
alternative to conventional wastewater treatment processes for removal, among other …

Petroleum hydrocarbon removal from wastewaters: a review

L Mohammadi, A Rahdar, E Bazrafshan, H Dahmardeh… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oil pollutants, due to their toxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity, are considered a
serious threat to human health and the environment. Petroleum hydrocarbons compounds …

Adsorption of Zinc (II) on diatomite and manganese-oxide-modified diatomite: A kinetic and equilibrium study

N Caliskan, AR Kul, S Alkan, EG Sogut… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
The removal of Zn (II) ions from aqueous solution was studied using natural and MnO2
modified diatomite samples at different temperatures. The linear Langmuir, Freundlich and …

Environmental strategies to remove volatile aromatic fractions (BTEX) from petroleum industry wastewater using biomass

AS Costa, LPC Romão, BR Araújo, SCO Lucas… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
This work investigates the potentials of peat and angico hardwood sawdust to remove BTEX
(benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and isomers of xylene) from the produced water …

Removal of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) from aqueous solutions by montmorillonite modified with nonionic surfactant: Equilibrium, kinetic and …

H Nourmoradi, M Nikaeen, M Khiadani - Chemical engineering journal, 2012 - Elsevier
The adsorption characteristics of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) from
aqueous solutions by montmorillonite (Mt) modified with poly ethylene glycol (PEG-Mt) were …

Adsorptive bioremediation of soil highly contaminated with crude oil

G Vasilyeva, V Kondrashina, E Strijakova… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the extended oil extraction and transportation in Russia and other oil-producing
countries, many lands remain contaminated because of accidental spills. This situation …