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Seminar Notice Department of Chemical Engineering
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
PILANI CAMPUS Date: 30-03-2022
Seminar Notice
The following presentation is arranged as per the details given below:
Date: March 31, 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 4-4:30 PM
Venue: Civil Engineering Seminar Room
Speaker: Dr. Amit Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Dr. Amit Jain presented the research work at an international conference as per the details below.
Paper Title: Remediation of Waste Engine Oil Contaminated Soil Using Biosurfactant Based Detergent Formulation
Authors: Shailee Gaur, Aditya Sahani, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Amit Jain* (*Presenting Author)
Name of the Conference: 1st International Conference on Advances in Water Treatment and Management (ICAWTM-22)
Conference Date: March 25-26, 2022, Venue: Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Abstract:
The development of a suitable technology for the remediation of waste engine oil contaminated soil is the need of the hour. With no proper measures to recycle or dispose of the waste engine oil, it is often dumped on the land or spilled into waterways. This constitutes a significant hazard to the environment, humans, animals, microbial community, and freshwater sources. The application of rhamnolipid biosurfactant based detergent formulation for remediation of waste engine oil contaminated desert soil using soil washing technique was studied. At a biosurfactant concentration of 0.02% (w/v), the rhamnolipid based biosurfactant obtained a high percentage of oil removal efficiency/detergency. The commercial rhamnolipid biosurfactant R90 based detergent formulation gave percentage detergency of about 91%, whereas the other four rhamnolipid produced in-house from waste engine oil as substrate gave percentage detergency between 79-85%. The surface tension reduction property, emulsifying potential, foamability, and foam stability of the biosurfactants and detergent formulations are also described. The important feature is that these soil washing studies were done at a temperature of 25°C (room temperature), thus giving excellent oil recovery potential using biosurfactants without the need for high temperature treatments unlike heavy oil-contaminated sediments recovery.
All interested are cordially invited to attend the seminar.
Department of Chemical Engineering
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
PILANI CAMPUS Date: 30-03-2022
Seminar Notice
The following presentation is arranged as per the details given below:
Date: March 31, 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 4-4:30 PM
Venue: Civil Engineering Seminar Room
Speaker: Dr. Amit Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Dr. Amit Jain presented the research work at an international conference as per the details below.
Paper Title: Remediation of Waste Engine Oil Contaminated Soil Using Biosurfactant Based Detergent Formulation
Authors: Shailee Gaur, Aditya Sahani, Pradipta Chattopadhyay, Amit Jain* (*Presenting Author)
Name of the Conference: 1st International Conference on Advances in Water Treatment and Management (ICAWTM-22)
Conference Date: March 25-26, 2022, Venue: Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Abstract:
The development of a suitable technology for the remediation of waste engine oil contaminated soil is the need of the hour. With no proper measures to recycle or dispose of the waste engine oil, it is often dumped on the land or spilled into waterways. This constitutes a significant hazard to the environment, humans, animals, microbial community, and freshwater sources. The application of rhamnolipid biosurfactant based detergent formulation for remediation of waste engine oil contaminated desert soil using soil washing technique was studied. At a biosurfactant concentration of 0.02% (w/v), the rhamnolipid based biosurfactant obtained a high percentage of oil removal efficiency/detergency. The commercial rhamnolipid biosurfactant R90 based detergent formulation gave percentage detergency of about 91%, whereas the other four rhamnolipid produced in-house from waste engine oil as substrate gave percentage detergency between 79-85%. The surface tension reduction property, emulsifying potential, foamability, and foam stability of the biosurfactants and detergent formulations are also described. The important feature is that these soil washing studies were done at a temperature of 25°C (room temperature), thus giving excellent oil recovery potential using biosurfactants without the need for high temperature treatments unlike heavy oil-contaminated sediments recovery.
All interested are cordially invited to attend the seminar.
Department of Chemical Engineering