Sustainable Technologies for Oil Spill Cleanup and Oily Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 676
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wastewater and water treatment; drinking water research; membrane separation processes; adsorption; porous materials; polymer foams
Interests: drinking water treatment; sustainable wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technology; biological processes; membrane bioreactors; biodegradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants
Interests: plastic foaming technology; fundamental understanding of foaming phenomena; computational modeling of foaming; super high R value foams; sound insulation foams, biodegradable foams; environmentally safe blowing agents
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although climate change concerns are driving increased use of renewable energy sources as alternatives to fossil fuels, oil continues to be a vital energy source in modern society. With the rapid development of offshore oil exploration, production, refining, and transportation, oil spill accidents owing to various factors can release enormous volumes of oil in open waters. Such oil spillage has caused devastating damages to ecological systems and nearby residents, inflicting great economic losses. On the other hand, the oily wastewater (which mostly exists as oil–water emulsions) from industrial effluents, such as process-affected water, produced water, and petrochemical effluents, has also become a critical environmental problem. Treatment of such oily wastewater involves the separation of oil from the oil–water emulsion and the removal of dissolved contaminants (e.g., metal ions, salts, and organic matter). Therefore, a variety of technologies have been developed to solve the issues caused by oil spillage and oily wastewater. In order to foster research on sustainable and clean environmental technologies for oil spill cleanup and oily wastewater treatment, this Special Issue welcomes papers on two major themes.
Theme 1: Efficient oil/water separation using different techniques, including but not limited to filtration (using metallic meshes, fabric mats, and polymeric membranes) and sorption (using porous polymer foams/sponges, carbon-based absorbents, and organic silica aerogels).
Theme 2: Technologies for the treatment of oily wastewater, including mechanistic studies and technoeconomic assessments of various treatment processes (e.g., membrane filtration, biological treatment, and advanced oxidation).
Dr. Yifeng Huang
Prof. Dr. Jinkai Xue
Prof. Dr. Chul B. Park
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oil/water separation
- oil spill cleanup
- superwetting properties
- hydrophobic/oleophilic porous materials
- in situ oil recovery
- oily wastewater treatment
- membrane separation
- adsorption
- advanced oxidation
- photodegradation
- bioremediation
- biodegradation
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