Kinetic modeling and half life study on bioremediation of crude oil dispersed by Corexit 9500

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1027-1031

  Zahed, Mohammad Ali ^a   Aziz, Hamidi Abdul ^a   Isa, Mohamed Hasnain ^b   Mohajeri, Leila ^a   Mohajeri, Soraya ^a   Kutty, Shamsul Rahman Mohamed ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Bioavailability; Biodegradation; Petroleum; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; ACINETOBACTERS; ADVERSE EFFECT; ALCALIGENES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BALLAST WATER; BILGE WASTE; BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATED SEAWATER; DISPERSANTS; DISPERSED CRUDE OIL; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HALF LIVES; HUMAN HEALTH; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; KINETIC MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OIL BIODEGRADATION; OIL CONCENTRATION; OIL REMOVAL; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTED AREA; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTORS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

OIL TANKERS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COREXIT 9500; DISPERSANT; NITROGEN; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; BALLAST WATER; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMONITORING; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE OIL; DISCHARGE; HEALTH RISK; HYDROCARBON; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOLVENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PETROLEUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; VIBRIO;

EID: 78649948265     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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