water contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons has harmful effects on health, economy and environment. in this study, photolysis process for treating petroleum hydrocarbons was investigated. hence different initial cods with different uv-c radiation power were examined. based on the energy consumption per unit of cod removed, cod of 350 mg/l and radiation power of 80 w were chosen as the optimu...

in purpose of this paper is to discuss the occurance of bifurcation and chaos in nonlinear systems in general, and the pearl-reed model whi.ch has been used for representing the lynamical behavior of the petroleum resources in particular. based on this investigation, it is shown that the observed tluctuations in the petroleum market can be erplained by its interral dynamics and the increase in ...

High dependence on imported oil has increased U.S. strategic vulnerability and prompted more research in the area of renewable energy production. Ethanol production from renewable woody biomass, which could be a substitute for gasoline, has seen increased interest. This study analysed energy use and greenhouse gas emission impacts on the forest biomass supply chain activities within the State o...

Bioenergy should play an essential part in reaching targets to replace petroleum-based transportation fuels with a viable alternative, and in reducing long-term carbon dioxide emissions, if environmental and economic sustainability are considered carefully. Here, we review different platforms, crops, and biotechnology-based improvements for sustainable bioenergy. Among the different platforms, ...

Hydrogen Sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a colorless gas with a characteristic odor of rotten eggs. It naturally occurs in the gases from volcanoes, sulfur springs, undersea vents, swamps, stagnant bodies of water, and in crude petroleum and natural gas. Additionally, bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes release hydrogen sulfide during the decomposition of sulfur-containing proteins and by the...

The estimation of absolute and relative permeabilities for petroleum reservoirs on the basis of noisy data at wells is considered. The spatially varying absolute permeability is estimated by regularisation combined with a bi-cubic spline approximation. Relative permeability is represented by a given function of saturation with unknown coefficients. Numerical results provide an indication of the...

The efficiency of Bacillus subtilis DM-04 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa M and NM strains isolated from a petroleum contaminated soil sample from North-East India was compared for the biodegradation of crude petroleum-oil hydrocarbons in soil and shake flask study. These bacterial strains could utilize crude petroleum-oil hydrocarbons as sole source of carbon and energy. Bioaugmentation of TPH cont...

1) Composition and quality of the in situ 2) Controls on distribution and volume of petroleum, both geographically and within a given borehole, 3) Water saturation and potential for internal or external water production, 4) Rock type and mineralogical composition for log calculations, lateral location and completion optimization, 5) Natural fracture distribution and porosity types, 6) Compartme...

a long-term rotation experiment was established in 2001 to compare conservation or reduced tillage systems (shallow rototiller and chisel tillage) with conventional tillage system using mouldboard plough in a semi-arid region with mediterranean climate. field experiments were conducted to determine weed density and profitability of cropping systems in a crop rotation of winter wheat (triticum a...