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    Remediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil by Tween-20 Foam Stabilized by Silica Nanoparticles
    (IJCEA, 2017-06) Chattopadhyay, Pradipta
    Diesel oil spills into soil from petroleum storage areas, pipelines are a major environmental hazard. There is thus an increasing demand for new, efficient agents for remediation of diesel contaminated soil. The aim of this study therefore was to analyze the efficiency of application of nanoparticle stabilized nonionic surfactant foams for remediation of diesel contaminated soil. Stable foams were produced from dispersions of hydrophilic, hydrophobic silica nanoparticles with nonionic surfactant Tween-20. The foam generated was then transferred to a column containing the contaminated soil. The maximum diesel oil removal efficiency obtained by applying Tween-20 foam stabilized with 0.5 wt% hydrophobic silica nanoparticle was 78%- much higher than that obtained for Tween-20 foam stabilized with 0.5 wt% hydrophilic silica nanoparticles. The Tween-20 surfactant solution alone showed only 42% maximum oil removal efficiency.
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    A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil
    (Elsiever, 2019-08-01) Chattopadhyay, Pradipta; Roy, Banasri
    Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil, used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health. In this review article, mechanisms of the petroleum oil contaminant removal from soil by chemical surfactant systems such as surfactant solution, surfactant foam and nanoparticle stabilized surfactant foams are explained. Laboratory based research works, reported within the last decade on the application of similar systems towards the removal of petroleum oil contaminant from the soil, have been discussed. It is an important fact that the commercial implementation of the chemical surfactant based technology depends on the environmental properties (biodegradability and toxicity) of the surfactants. In recent times, surfactant foam and nanoparticle stabilized surfactant foam are becoming more popular and considered advantageous over the use of surfactant solution alone. However, more research works have to be conducted on nanoparticle stabilized foam. The impact of physicochemical properties of the nanoparticles on soil remediation has to be explored in depth.