Somasundaran / Patra / Farinato Oil Spill Remediation

Colloid Chemistry-Based Principles and Solutions
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-82562-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, E-Book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of oil spillremediation from the perspectives of policy makers, scientists, andengineers, generally focusing on colloid chemistry phenomena andsolutions involved in oil spills and their cleanup.
* First book to address oil spill remediation from theperspective of physicochemical and colloidal science
* Discusses current and emerging detergents used inclean-ups
* Includes chapters from leading scientists,researchers, engineers, and policy makers
* Presents new insights into the possible impact of oilspills on ecosystems as well as preventive measures

Autoren/Hrsg.

Somasundaran, Ponisseril

Patra, Partha

Farinato, Raymond S.

Papadopoulos, Kyriakos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword vii
Preface ix
Contributors xi
1 Science-Based Decision Making on the Use of Dispersants in theDeepwater Horizon Oil Spill 1
Albert D. Venosa, Paul T. Anastas, Mace G. Barron, Robyn N.Conmy, Marc S. Greenberg, and Gregory J. Wilson
2 Understanding and Properly Interpreting the 2010 DeepwaterHorizon Blowout 19
Sean S. Anderson, Charles H. Peterson, Gary Cherr, RichardAmbrose, Shelly Anghera, Steve Bay, Michael J. Blum, Rob Condon,Thomas Dean, William (Monty) Graham, Michael Guzy, StephanieHampton, Samantha Joye, John Lambrinos, Bruce Mate, DouglasMeffert, Sean Powers, Ponisseril Somasundaran, Robert Spies, CazTaylor, and Ronald Tjeerdema by Nceas Gulf Oil Spill Ecotox WorkingGroup
3 Remediation and Restoration of Northern Gulf of Mexico CoastalEcosystems Following the Deepwater Horizon Event 59
Michael J. Blum, Brittany M. Bernik, Thomas Azwell, and EricM.V. Hoek
4 Challenges in and Approaches to Modeling the Complexities ofDeepwater Oil and Gas Release 89
Rupesh K. Reddy, A. Rao, Z. Yu, C. Wu, K. Nandakumar, L.Thibodeaux, and Kalliat T. Valsaraj
5 Oil Films: Some Basic Concepts 127
Johan Sjöblom and Sébastien Simon
6 Remediating Oilfield Waste and Spills 161
Raymond S. Farinato
7 Multipronged Approach for Oil Spill Remediation 175
Partha Patra and Ponisseril Somasundaran
8 Packed-Bed Capillary Microscopy on BP-Oil-Spill Oil in PorousMedia 189
Peixi Zhu, Qing Wang, Yuly A. Jaimes-Lizcano, and KyriakosPapadopoulos
9 Jameson Cell Technology for Organics Recovery 221
Graeme J. Jameson
10 Development of Gelling Agent for Spilled Oils 231
Kazutami Sakamoto
11 Microstructures of Capped Ethylene Oxide Oligomers in Waterand n-Hexane 247
Mangesh I. Chaudhari and Lawrence R. Pratt
12 Some Colloidal Fundamentals in Oil Spill Remediation: TheWater/Surfactant/Hydrocarbon Combination 259
S. E. Friberg, H. Hasinovic, and Pi Belobrov
13 Physicochemical Properties of Heavy Oil-Water Interfacein the Context of Oil Removal from Seawater by Froth Flotation279
Louxiang Wang, Meghan Curran, Meijiao Deng, Qingxia Liu, ZhengheXu, and Jacob Masliyah
14 Measurement of Interfacial Tension inHydrocarbon/Water/Dispersant Systems at Deepwater Conditions295
Mohamed A. Abdelrahim and Dandina N. Rao
15 Surfactant Technologies for Remediation of Oil Spills317
Edgar J. Acosta and Suniya Quraishi
16 Role of Structural Forces in Cleaning Soiled Surfaces359
Darsh Wasan, Alex Nikolov, and Gopi Sethumadhavan
Index 371

Über Autor(innen)

Ponisseril Somasundaran, PhD, is Chairman of the Henry Krumb School at Columbia University and is currently on the board of the new United Engineering Foundation. He has authored/edited fifteen books and over 700 scientific publications and patents.
Partha Patra, PhD, isResearch Scientist at Columbia University in New York. His research efforts focus on dealing with challenges associated with earth resource recovery and management, and development of engineering tools to promote usage of bioreagents in personal care, pharmaceuticals and food industries.
Raymond S. Farinato, PhD,is currently a Senior Research Fellow in the In Process Separation department of Cytec Industries Inc. and an adjunct professor in the Earth & Environmental Engineering department at Columbia University.Kyriakos Papadopoulos, PhD, is Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. His capillary video-microscopy technique has been used in studies of dermal delivery of vaccines, oil-spill cleanup and improvement of engine lubricant oils.