A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil

A Karthick, B Roy, P Chattopadhyay - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil,
used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health …

Unusually stable liquid foams

E Rio, W Drenckhan, A Salonen, D Langevin - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Obtaining stable liquid foams is an important issue in view of their numerous applications. In
some of these, the liquid foam in itself is of interest, in others, the liquid foam acts as a …

Utilization of surfactant-stabilized foam for enhanced oil recovery by adding nanoparticles

Q Sun, Z Li, S Li, L Jiang, J Wang, P Wang - Energy & Fuels, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen foam flooding is a promising technique for enhanced oil recovery, but instability of
the foam limits its application. In this article, partially hydrophobic modified SiO2 …

PFAS removal from groundwaters using Surface‐Active Foam Fractionation

DJ Burns, P Stevenson, PJC Murphy - Remediation Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Results from a field trial commissioned for the Australian Department of Defence at the Army
Aviation Centre Oakey evaluated the effectiveness of the Surface‐Active Foam Fractionation …

Aqueous foam stabilized by partially hydrophobic nanoparticles in the presence of surfactant

Q Sun, Z Li, J Wang, S Li, B Li, L Jiang, H Wang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although foam has been widely used in petroleum industry, its instability is still a problem
during its applications. Here, partially hydrophobic modified SiO 2 nanoparticles were used …

Effective exploitation of anionic, nonionic, and nanoparticle-stabilized surfactant foams for petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil remediation

N Ali, M Bilal, A Khan, F Ali, HMN Iqbal - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Contaminated environments posed serious threats to the ecosystems and their living beings.
Suitable preventive approaches should be adopted for effective remediation of …

Coalescence in foams and emulsions: Similarities and differences

D Langevin - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Coalescence in emulsions and foams is far from being understood, despite many years of
investigations. The phenomenon is not easy to be characterized because it is extremely …

Effect of selected monovalent salts on surfactant stabilized foams

P Amani, SI Karakashev, NA Grozev… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surfactant-stabilized foams have been at the centre of scientific research for over a century
due to their ubiquitous applications in different industries. Many of these applications involve …

Bubble floatation, burst, drainage, and droplet release characteristics on a free surface: A review

X Yu, H Gu, S Gupta, Q Ma, L Cheng, Y Zhou… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The phenomenon of a bubble bursting to generate droplets exists in industrial and
environmental systems and has a subtle impact on our daily lives. A bubble generated by …

Critical role of nanocomposites at air–water interface: from aqueous foams to foam-based lightweight functional materials

K Yu, B Li, H Zhang, Z Wang, W Zhang, D Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of aqueous foams has long been an interest of the scientific community. A
developing area is the use of foams to prepare lightweight, functional solid foam materials …