Bioaugmentation as a green technology for hydrocarbon pollution remediation. Problems and prospects

AS Nwankwegu, L Zhang, D Xie, CO Onwosi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution mitigation measure involving bioremediation technology is a
sustainable intervention for a greener ecosystem biorecovery, especially the obnoxious …

Mitigation of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated hazardous soils using organic amendments: a review

SA Hoang, B Sarkar, B Seshadri, D Lamb… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The term “Total petroleum hydrocarbons”(TPH) is used to describe a complex mixture of
petroleum-based hydrocarbons primarily derived from crude oil. Those compounds are …

Harmful algal blooms under changing climate and constantly increasing anthropogenic actions: the review of management implications

AS Nwankwegu, Y Li, Y Huang, J Wei, E Norgbey… - 3 Biotech, 2019 - Springer
The present review reports all management approaches (physical, chemical, and biological)
traditionally adopted in mitigating the global impact of harmful cyanobacterial blooms …

Studies on organic and in-organic biostimulants in bioremediation of diesel-contaminated arable soil

AS Nwankwegu, MU Orji, CO Onwosi - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, use of inorganic fertilizer (NPK) was compared with organic manure (compost)
in the bioremediation of diesel-polluted agricultural soil over a two-month period. Renewal …

Bioremediation of gasoline contaminated agricultural soil by bioaugmentation

AS Nwankwegu, CO Onwosi - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2017 - Elsevier
Bioaugmentation can occur either by the use of a single strain microorganism or between
different microorganisms (fungi and bacteria). In the present study, we carefully evaluated …

Thermophilic composting of hydrocarbon residue with sewage sludge and fish sludge as cosubstrates: microbial changes and TPH reduction

D Alves, I Villar, S Mato - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
The hydrocarbon residue in petroleum product storage tanks is waste generated in large
quantities that must be properly managed to reduce its risk to the environment. By …

Effect of biomass adsorbent on non-thermal plasma activated treatment of oil-based drilling cutting: Residual toxicity assessment

Y Wu, S Xu, Y Jiang, S Fan, T Wen, S Wang… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The oil-based drilling cutting (OBDC), which contain petroleum hydrocarbons produced
during the oil and shale gas exploration process, are considered toxic solid waste for the …

Microbial cell immobilization: a renaissance to bioaugmentation inadequacies. A review

AS Nwankwegu, CO Onwosi - Environmental Technology Reviews, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Soil pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons no doubt has become an issue of contemporary
concern. Different remediation technologies have been used to tackle these hydrocarbon …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrocarbon degradation potentials of fungi associated with oil-contaminated soil from selected mechanic workshops in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

EI Chukwura, NM Ojiegbu… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Biodegradation potentials of soil mycobiota isolated from five automobile mechanic
workshops and a farmland in Awka town on engine oil were investigated using standard …

Modelling and preliminary technical, energy and economic considerations for full-scale in situ remediation of low-dielectric hydrocarbon-polluted soils by microwave …

PP Falciglia, P Scandura, FGA Vagliasindi - Journal of Soils and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Microwave heating (MWH) has been recently proposed as a high-performance
technique for the remediation of soils contaminated with organic pollutants. However …