Surfactant-enhanced mobilization of persistent organic pollutants: potential for soil and sediment remediation and unintended consequences

S Bolan, LP Padhye, CN Mulligan, ER Alonso… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide an overview of the sources and reactions of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) and surfactants in soil and sediments, the surfactant-enhanced …

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 …

Remediation of PAHs contaminated soil using a sequence of soil washing with biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PF2 and electrokinetic …

S Pourfadakari, M Ahmadi, N Jaafarzadeh… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work aimed to investigate the performance of biosurfactant, produced by a halotolerant
bacterial strain, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PF2, for desorption of PAHs from soil, followed by …

[HTML][HTML] Behavior of surfactants and surfactant blends in soils during remediation: A review

W Ji, C Abou Khalil, MP Jayalakshmamma… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using surfactants for the remediation of aquifers is more challenging due to the interaction
with soils of heterogeneous chemistry and potential toxicity concerns. In this review …

Guidelines for surfactant selection to treat petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils

E Ritoré, B Coquelet, C Arnaiz, J Morillo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The present study determined the most effective surfactants to remediate gasoline and
diesel-contaminated soil integrating information from soil texture and soil organic matter …

Remediation of soils contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons through soil washing with surfactant solutions

G Caetano, RM Machado, MJN Correia… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Soil fulfils vital functions for life on Earth and so, just like water and air, its protection from all
sources of contamination is a major concern. However, the extensive use of petroleum …

Application of statistical modeling for the production of highly pure rhamnolipids using magnetic biocatalysts: Evaluating its efficiency as a bioremediation agent

AK Rathankumar, K Saikia, MH Ribeiro… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, highly pure rhamnolipids (RLs) was produced using biocatalysts
immobilized on amino-functionalized chitosan coated magnetic nanoparticles. Upon …

Utilization of surface-active compounds derived from biosolids to remediate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated sediment soil

VK Vaidyanathan, AK Rathankumar, PS Kumar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, surface-active compounds (SAC) were extracted from biosolids using
an alkaline treatment process. They were tested for their remediation efficiency of crude oil …

EDTA addition enhances bacterial respiration activities and hydrocarbon degradation in bioaugmented and non-bioaugmented oil-contaminated desert soils

S Al Kharusi, RMM Abed, S Dobretsov - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
The low number and activity of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and the low solubility and
availability of hydrocarbons hamper bioremediation of oil-contaminated soils in arid deserts …

Optimization of aeration enhanced surfactant soil washing for remediation of diesel-contaminated soils using response surface methodology

BA Ayele, J Lu, Q Chen - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Surfactant-enhanced soil washing has been used for remediation of organic pollutants for
an extended period, but its effectiveness and wide application was limited by the high …