Oil and hydrocarbon spill bioremediation product and application technologies
Abstract
This manuscript was prepared for use by U.S. Navy personnel
to increase the awareness of the use of microbes and related
technology associated in the remediation of hydrocarbon spills.
Petroleum products are vastly used in every day naval
operations, and spills will be inevitable. In researching the
information and obtaining data from U.S. Navy commands, it
quickly became obvious that the operational Navy knew little of
this information and was not using bioremediation as a possible
remedial technology. It is the intent of this manuscript to be
used as a guide to assist and educate naval planners in
understanding the role of bioremediation for site cleanup. As
defense dollars shrink and the technology grows, bioremediation
will become an attractive, economical means for the Navy's
environmental problems. Thus, knowledge of the technology is
important so as to not be mislead by marketing experts with
widely exaggerated claims of performance. The technology works
well in most cases, yet problems can exist that must be
questioned.
The manuscript is divided into four sections. Section I
will review biodegradation basics and factors affecting the
degradation process. Section II will discuss the composition of
oil and related petroleum products and their physical states in
water and soil environments. Section III examines the types of
commercially available microbial products and the technology
that can be used to dispense them in open seas, harbors,
marshes, and shore facilities should a spill occur. Section IV
will address the possible problems and associated drawbacks of
bioremediation and will provide a list of questions to ensure
the product and technology will perform as claimed.
Description
This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title.
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