phytoremediation is an emerging environmental-friendly technology that can be a promising solution to remediate oil-polluted soils. the impact of high amount of hydrocarbons on growth characteristics of burningbushand common flax was evaluated in this survey. the influence of organic fertilizers was also assessed on growth of plant species in oil-contaminated soil. soil samples in which plants ...

Primary oil recovery methods in Saskatchewan’s heavy oil basin extract 5 to 10% of the available resource with the vast majority left in the ground and recoverable only through Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. Traditional EOR generates steam in surface facilities and injects it underground to mobilize the oil for production with considerable energy losses inherent in the process. R.I.I. Nor...

Hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles present much of the same promise as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs): reduced reliance on imported oil and reduced carbon dioxide emissions. Proponents envision hydrogen ICE as a bridging technology from gasoline vehicles to hydrogen FCVs. This paper examines the hydrogen ICE technology, focusing on relevant aspects such as power, fuel econom...

Crude oil and condensate refineries generate a large amount of wastewater that has both process and non-process origins. Depending on the type of crude oil, composition of condensate and treatment processes, the characteristics of refinery wastewater vary according to a complex pattern. The design and operation of modern refinery wastewater treatment plants are challenging and are essentially t...

The significant jump in world crude oil price over the past year has raised great concern over the economic impact that such a price shock may bring about on Taiwan’s economy, which has been characterized by extremely high import-oil dependence. Previous analyses have been tackling similar issue from several different angles, but it has rarely been discussed from a complete view of interactions...

7.1 Abstract Tuna oil-in-water emulsions containing droplets stabilized by lecithin-chitosan membranes were produced using a two-stage process. Corn syrup solids were added to the emulsions and then the emulsions were spray dried, which produced a powder consisting of smooth spheroid powder microcapsules (diameter = 5-30 μm) containing small tuna oil droplets (diameter <1 μm) embedded within a ...

The cost of biodiesel production relies on feedstock cost. Edible oil is unfavorable as a biodiesel feedstock because of its expensive price. Thus, non-edible crop oil, waste oil, and microalgae oil have been considered as alternative resources. Non-edible crop oil and waste cooking oil are more suitable for enzymatic transesterification because they include a large amount of free fatty acids. ...

Foam flooding (or injection of foam) is a common technology to enhance oil recovery. Although the effects of permeability on foam flooding were well studied in many laboratory experiments, little research has been focused on the specificity of low permeability. In this paper, a series of constant-quality nitrogen foam flow experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of permeability on...

The use of CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) has been around since the early 70’s and was developed to enable oil extraction from declining fields. The process involves injecting CO2 from either natural or man-made sources into the ground to free up trapped crude oil that would otherwise not be possible to obtain. This process significantly improves the lifetime production of oil from mature ...

is paper examines two major emerging constraints on transport in fast-growing Chinese urban cities: oil supply and urban infrastructure. e research considers automobile technology, alternative fuels, and mobility choices, as well as policy measures that could be adopted to reduce the use of oil for transport and greenhouse gas emissions. ree transport energy scenarios, “Road Ahead,” “Oil Saved,...