Biosurfactant enhanced treatment of petroleum oil contaminated soils
This thesis reports the experimental measurements on the ability of biological origin surfactants (i.e. biosurfactants - aescin, lecithin, rhamnolipid, saponin and tannin) on removing crude oil and a heavy fuel oil blend from various soils, through soil washing process. The greatest advantage of soi...
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Heriot-Watt University
2004
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422826 |