Developments and application of chitosan-based adsorbents for wastewater treatments

P Bhatt, S Joshi, GMU Bayram, P Khati… - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Water quality is deteriorating continuously as increasing levels of toxic inorganic and
organic contaminants mostly discharging into the aquatic environment. Removal of such …

Adsorption as a process for produced water treatment: A review

R Yousef, H Qiblawey, MH El-Naas - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Produced water (PW) is a by-product of oil and gas operations, and its production is
foreseen to increase in the upcoming years. Such an increase is justified by various entities …

Magnetic superhydrophobic polyurethane sponge loaded with Fe3O4@ oleic acid@ graphene oxide as high performance adsorbent oil from water

S Javadian - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
With development of industrial activities, a lot of oil pollution is released to water
environment. As such, superhydrophobic oil adsorption materials with reusability are …

An overview of oil–water separation using gas flotation systems

J Saththasivam, K Loganathan, S Sarp - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Oil concentration levels in municipal waste water effluent streams are stringently regulated
in most parts of the world. Apart from municipal waste, stricter oil/grease discharge limits are …

New advancements, challenges, and future needs on treatment of oilfield produced water: A state-of-the-art review

S Ghafoori, M Omar, N Koutahzadeh… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various stages of oil production and processing in petroleum industry produce an enormous
amount of oilfield produced water (PW). Discharge of this huge amount of PW has an …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the treatment of PAHs in the environment: Application of nanomaterial-based technologies

HI Eldos, N Zouari, S Saeed, MA Al-Ghouti - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the most frequent petroleum
hydrocarbons detected in the environment. PAHs are receiving global attention due to their …

Development of a population balance model to describe the influence of shear and nanoparticles on the aggregation and fragmentation of asphaltene aggregates

NN Nassar, S Betancur, S Acevedo… - Industrial & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes is a primary problem related to the
processing, transportation, and production of oil. Flocculation of asphaltene aggregates is …

Effects of resin I on asphaltene adsorption onto nanoparticles: A novel method for obtaining asphaltenes/resin isotherms

CA Franco, MM Lozano, S Acevedo, NN Nassar… - Energy & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of resin I on the adsorption
behavior of n-C7 asphaltenes onto silica and hematite nanoparticles. It is worthwhile to …

Importance of the adsorption method used for obtaining the nanoparticle dosage for asphaltene-related treatments

JD Guzmán, S Betancur, F Carrasco-Marín… - Energy & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The primary objective of this study is to show the importance of the adsorption method used
in obtaining the nanoparticle dosage for inhibiting/remediating asphaltene-related problems …

Review on application of nanotechnology for asphaltene adsorption, crude oil demulsification, and produced water treatment

U Farooq, A Patil, B Panjwani, G Simonsen - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology is widely recognized for having important applications in many industries,
one of which is oil and gas. Both environmental and cost benefits can be achieved when …