Many non-standard situations like subsoil slipping, vibrations, ... as well as degradation mechanisms of pipeline materials can occur in the operation of pressured pipelines. The article deals with the mechanisms of the degradation processes and…
Solar energy generation requires efficient monitoring and management in moving towards technologies for net-zero energy buildings. This paper presents a dependable control system based on the Internet of Things (IoT) to control and manage the energy…
Batteries are increasingly becoming a more viable form of grid-level energy storage as time progresses. Among the different types of batteries present, Li-ion batteries have particularly gained widespread popularity due to their high energy density,…
A quinone-respiring strain capable of degrading multitudinous petroleum hydrocarbons was isolated by selective medium and identified as Bacillus sp. (named as C8). Maximum 76.7% of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) were degraded by the…
Degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons (HC) in sediments is often limited by the availability of electron acceptors. By allowing long-distance electron transport (LDET) between anoxic sediments and oxic overlying water, bioelectrochemical snorkels may…
Environmental hydrogen embrittlement has become a non-negligible problem in the hydrogen blended natural gas transportation. To qualitatively study the degradation mechanism of X80 steel used in the natural gas pipelines, the slow strain tensile…
On-site wastewater treatment systems are gaining popularity in areas where centralized wastewater treatment is not available. In the current case study a domestic activated sludge system was investigated, where treated effluent was stored in a…
Coastal environment are often stress from petroleum-derived hydrocarbon pollution. However, petroleum-derived hydrocarbon is persistent organic pollutants and their biodegradation by phytoplankton is little known. Five species of marine…
The remediation of organic pollutant-heavy metal co-contaminated soil is a great challenge. Immobilized microorganism technology (IMT) is a potential approach to remediate co-contaminated soil. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of IMT for…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of defined co-culture of indigenous bacterial consortium and exogenous fungus Scedosporium boydii for biodegradation of crude oil. After 7 days of incubation, residual oil, n-alkanes and…
New bacterial strain BN66 was isolated by selective enrichment, identified as Bacillus cereus and proved to degrade crude oil, together with biosurfactant synthesis. Free and cryogel immobilized Bacillus cereus cells were involved in a crude oil…
N-doped TiO2/ reduced graphene oxide (N/TiO2/rGO) composite was prepared and used together with the commercial TiO2 for comparative research on photocatalytic degradation of crude oil in seawater. Five test conditions were designed including a…
Hydrocarbon biodegradation may be slower in cold Arctic than in temperate seawater, and this will affect the toxicity time window of the hydrocarbons. In this study, the acute toxicities of water-soluble phases of 1,3-dimethylnaphthalene,…
This study describes the optimization of the biodegradation of total aliphatic (tAHCs), total aromatic (tPAHs), and unresolved complex mixture (UCM) hydrocarbons from light crude oil in marine sediment. The response surface methodology (RSM), with a…
Crude oil-degrading microbial consortia were enriched from three oil-contaminated sites to achieve the efficient biodegradation of crude oil, especially its refractory residues. The gravimetric method was used to analyze the degradation efficiency of…
In the present study, the biosurfactant production dynamics of Pseudomonas sp. IITISM 19, an indigenous bacterium was investigated and, the strain was evaluated for its crude oil biodegradation potential. The biosurfactant produced during…
Aqueous film forming foams (AFFFs) containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are commonly deployed to extinguish hydrocarbon fuel fires, resulting in petroleum hydrocarbons coexisting with PFASs in contaminated soil.…
Singapore is a highly industrialised country with an important oil industry resulting in a significant environmental impact, creating vast amounts of hydrocarbon waste that needs to be remediated. Here we report on the commercial scale bioremediation…
Anaerobic degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons (PH)is an important process in contaminated environment. The application of rhamnolipids in anaerobic degradation of PH was not extensively studied and inconclusive. This study explored the combined…
Soil bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) utilize indigenous microorganisms to generate biocurrent/electric fields that stimulate the degradation of organic pollutants, exhibiting great potential in the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from soils. In…
The removal of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) from contaminated mining soil was carried out under in vitro conditions. The aerobic consumption of TPH in the slow bioremediation stage via biostimulation with native microorganisms and…
Adopting nature-based solutions for the bioremediation of oil sands process water (OSPW) is of significant interest, which requires a thorough understanding of how bacterial communities behave within treatment systems operated under natural…
Bioremediation is among the most basic and reliable way to eliminate pollutants by transforming the toxic petroleum components into less toxic metabolites. In order to compare the change of bacterial community during oil-biodegradation process, two…
Increasing soil petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) pollution have caused world-wide concerns. The removal of PHs from soils mainly involves physical, chemical, biological processes and their combinations. To date, most reviews in this field based on…
Green oil-field chemicals based on ionic liquids (ILs) are highly recommended as demulsifiers for heavy crude oil emulsions due to their low vapor pressure, high thermal and chemical stability against degradation in harsh processing conditions. Novel…
This paper proposes an integrated model of power-to-ammonia (P2A) to exploit the inherent operational dispatchability of nitrogen-ammonia (N2-NH3) cycles for high-renewable multi-energy systems. In this model, the steady-state electrolytic process is…
Chemical Lithium battery energy storage (BES) systems are considered as critical assets in providing flexibility and reliability for today's power and energy systems. However, BES degradation, which is due to the electrolyte reaction in lithium…
In this paper, a more efficient way of rainwater harvesting is proposed. Due to vast globalization, urbanization and modernization the quality of our surroundings is degraded, which in turn, affects the natural phenomenon of rains too. The burning of…
In this paper, the short-term operational planning problem for a multiple energy carrier hybrid AC/DC microgrid is discussed. The hybrid microgrid consists of AC and DC parts, which are connected by means of inverters as well as natural gas network.…
Marine carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been identified as an important strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emission. To operate underwater gas injection and monitoring undersea facilities, wireless acoustic transmission is often applied.…
Preventive maintenance (PM) activities in battery energy storage systems (BESSs) aim to achieve a better status in long-term operation. In this article, we develop a reinforcement learning-based PM method for the optimal PM management of BESSs…
Durability is considered as one of the main technical obstacles to the large-scale commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which can be effectively improved through degradation prediction techniques. This article proposes a…
Assuring the reliability of crude unit pipelines in the downstream oil and gas industry is highly essential since unexpected failures of these pipelines can result in a number of negative impacts to the business, including safety, environmental, and…
Increasing soil petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) pollution have caused world-wide concerns. The removal of PHs from soils mainly involves physical, chemical, biological processes and their combinations. To date, most reviews in this field based on…
This study assessed the phytoextraction of heavy metals and crude oil contaminants from the soil using native grass Cynodon dactylon under laboratory conditions. A comparative assessment of biomass of grass and the total petroleum hydrocarbons in…
This study assessed the phytoextraction of heavy metals and crude oil contaminants from the soil using native grass Cynodon dactylon under laboratory conditions. A comparative assessment of biomass of grass and the total petroleum hydrocarbons in…
In the present study, the biosurfactant production dynamics of Pseudomonas sp. IITISM 19, an indigenous bacterium was investigated and, the strain was evaluated for its crude oil biodegradation potential. The biosurfactant produced during…
The chemo-rheological properties of crumb rubber modified bitumen are always unstable due to the mutable and uncontrollable swelling-degradation degree of crumb rubber in bitumen matrix. The study aimed at exploring the continuous swelling and…
The efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells increased from 3.8% to 22.1%, showing promising renewable energy resource to compete with conventional solar cells. However, low stability issue of perovskite is serious drawbacks which restricts outdoor…
With higher demand comes higher consequence. And most of the time, it is the natural resources and environment that get affected. After realizing the side effect and the secondary pollutant of chemical base treatment, extensive attention has been…
This chapter introduces the concept of using microorganisms, plants, and their enzymatic processes to break down contaminants in soil. It addresses the complexity of contaminated soils due to heterogeneity of the soil system, problems related to…
A gram-negative bacterial strain capable of resisting hexavalent chromium was isolated and evaluated for its characteristics. The strain was designated as Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila 4-1 according to the 16S rDNA sequence and phylogenic analysis.…
Bioremediation is a process of degradation of pollutants by the consortia of microbial action. The diverse microbial populations residing at contaminant sites form biofilms. The formation of these biofilms eliminates pollutants from wastewater,…
Environmental hydrogen embrittlement has become a non-negligible problem in the hydrogen blended natural gas transportation. To qualitatively study the degradation mechanism of X80 steel used in the natural gas pipelines, the slow strain tensile…
In the present study, the biosurfactant production dynamics of Pseudomonas sp. IITISM 19, an indigenous bacterium was investigated and, the strain was evaluated for its crude oil biodegradation potential. The biosurfactant produced during…
Increasing soil petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) pollution have caused world-wide concerns. The removal of PHs from soils mainly involves physical, chemical, biological processes and their combinations. To date, most reviews in this field based on…
Biofiltration setup incorporates microbes grown on porous media like soil peat, compost, or a mixture of such substances. The filter media and microbial culture are surrounded thin film of water called “biofilm” It is the emerging pollution control…