Remediation of Oil Products Spillage During Transportation

This proposal aims to mitigate the oil spill from the road and water surface using commercial and sustainable dispersants. Frequent spillage of crude oils and refined products during transportation pollutes the transportation lines, sewages, and surface waters, which can have serious environmental consequences. The prevalent technique for treating oil spills is to apply chemical dispersants to the floating crude oil on the surface of the water. Dispersants break up the oil slicks into smaller droplets, enhancing their natural dispersion and degradation in the water, which in turn reduces the toxicity of the oil products.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $80000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348335

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Environmentally Responsible Transportation Center for Communities of Concern

  University of Missouri Kansas City
  Kansas City, Missouri  United States  64110
• Project Managers:

  Kline, Robin

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Missouri, Kansas City

  Department of Civil Engineering
  5100 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall
  Kansas City, MO  United States  64110
• Principal Investigators:

  Niroobakhsh, Zahra

• Start Date: 20230601
• Expected Completion Date: 20240531
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crude oil; Dispersers; Environmental impacts; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01895680
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Environmentally Responsible Transportation Center for Communities of Concern
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348335
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Oct 9 2023 2:07PM