A practical review on photooxidation of crude oil: Laboratory lamp setup and factors affecting it

Water Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 304-315

  Shankar, Ravi ^a,b   Shim, Won Joon ^a,b   An, Joon Geon ^a   Yim, Un Hyuk ^a,b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial lamp; Oil spill; Photooxidation; Sunlight; UV

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METAL HALIDES; WEATHERING; XENON;

ARTIFICIAL LAMPS; CHEMICAL NATURE; CRITICAL FACTORS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS;

OIL SPILLS;

MERCURY; PETROLEUM; XENON; WATER POLLUTANT;

CRUDE OIL; EQUIPMENT; IRRADIANCE; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL; PHOTOOXIDATION; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHERING;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOBARISM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DEVICES; ILLUMINATION; OIL SPILL; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANT;

LIGHTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84908538095     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.012     Document Type: Review

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