Hydrocarbon Biotechnology: Challenges and Future Trends

ISBN-13: 9781774639894 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 394 str.

Ismail, Wael Ahmed

Opis

Presents an up-to-date view of how hydrocarbon microbiology and biotechnology can be used as tools for bioremediation, oil recovery, bioupgrading of unconventional crudes, the development of biorefining technologies, and the production of hydrogen and electricity from hydrocarbon wastes.

Spis treści

1. Petroleum Chemistry  2. Biotechnology in the Refinery  3. Novel Insights into Bioremediation of Petroleum-Polluted Environments and Bacterial Catabolic Pathways  4. Microbial Degradation of Spilled Oil in Aqueous Environments: Beyond C15 Hydrocarbons  5. Functional Diversity of Microbial Communities in Hydrocarbon-Polluted Ecosystems  6. Bacterial Chemotaxis, Current Knowledge, and Future Need for Application in Hydrocarbon Remediation Technologies  7. Biosurfactants-Mediated Remediation of Hydrocarbon Pollution  8. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery  9. Biocatalytic Upgrading of Opportunity Crudes  10. Hydrogen and Electricity Production from Oil and Gas Wastes