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Oil in freshwater : chemistry, biology, countermeasure technology : proceedings of the Symposium of Oil Pollution in Freshwater, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- Symposium of Oil Pollution in Freshwater (1984 : Edmonton, Alta.)
- Available as
- Online
- Summary
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Oil in Freshwater: Chemistry, Biology, Countermeasure Technology.
Details
- Creator
- edited by John H. Vandermeulen, Steve E. Hrudey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Pergamon Press, 1987
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 512 pages) : illustrations
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781483148793, 1483148793, 0080318622, 9780080318622
- OCLC
- ocn679524701
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Front Cover; Oil in Freshwater: Chemistry, Biology, Countermeasure Technology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: Chemistry and Fate of Hydrocarbons in Freshwater Environments; CHAPTER 1. WATER SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES FROM HEAVY OILS AND TAR SANDS BITUMENS -- AN OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION; SOLUBILITIES; CLASSES OF COMPOUNDS IN BITUMENS AND AQUEOUS PRODUCTION STREAMS; PRODUCTION OF BITUMEN BY HOT WATER TREATMENT OF MINED OIL (TAR) SANDS; PRODUCTION OF BITUMEN AND HEAVY OILS BY THERMAL IN SITU PROCESSES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
- Chapter 2. chemical and physical behaviour of hydrocarbons in freshwaterintroduction; conclusions; oil in freshwater; references; d. mackay; chapter 3. model studies of the effect of temperature on spreading rate of a crude oil on water; introduction; theory and background; experimental; results and discussion; conclusions; references; chapter 4. compositional changes of two crude oils exposed to weathering processes in freshwater lakes and in laboratory aquatic microcosms; introduction; methods and materials; results; discussion; references
- Chapter 5. characterization of water soluble components of a waste water oil sample from an oil sands bitumen upgrading plantintroduction; methods and materials; results; discussion; acknowledgements; references; chapter 6. environmentally relevant characteristics of oil-in-water emulsions; introduction; definitions; theory of o/w emulsion stability; experimental measures of emulsion characteristics; environmental applications; conclusion; acknowledgements; references; chapter 7. on the formation of water-in-oil emulsions; introduction; fundamental properties of films and emulsions; emulsions
- FATE OF FLOATING OIL AND OIL-WATER EMULSIONSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. WATER SOLUBILITY BEHAVIOR OF HYDROCARBON MIXTURES -- IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM DISSOLUTION; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; PART 2: Oil in Runoff and Groundwater; CHAPTER 9. CHRONIC HYDROCARBON DISCHARGES INTO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS: I -MUNICIPAL TREATMENT FACILITIES; INTRODUCTION; CONCENTRATIONS AND MASS DISCHARGE RATES OF HYDROCARBONS; CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBONS IN MUNICIPAL TREATMENT FACILITY EFFLUENTS; SOURCES OF HYDROCARBONS IN MUNICIPAL TREATMENT FACILITY EFFLUENTS
- TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBONS BY MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIESABATEMENT OF HYDROCARBONS DISCHARGED FROM MUNICIPAL TREATMENT FACILITIES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. CHRONIC HYDROCARBON DISCHARGES INTO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS: II-URBAN RUNOFF AND COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; HYDROCARBONS IN URBAN RUNOFF; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS (CSO's); HYDROCARBON INPUT INVENTORIES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. ANALYSIS OF OIL AND GREASE COMPONENTS TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF URBAN RUNOFF; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; FIELD PROGRAM; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES