Modelling of the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) Degradation during the Bioremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Soil using Cow Dung and Wire crotons

The contamination of soil due to activities involved in crude oil exploration and production, spillage emanating from pipeline vandalization, sabotage, theft, corrosion the enterprises artisanal refineries pose health ecological problems. This is especially as contains chemical compounds which are grouped into Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH), known be toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic. Bioremediation currently being explored a cost effective environmentally friendly methods remediating this contaminant. Thus, current work aimed at developing mathematical model for bioremediation process. was carried out while assuming that process degradation first order........... Keywords: Bioremediation; cow dung; wire croton; degradation; Mathematical modelling DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/14-6-04 Publication date: April 30 th 2023