During processing, transportation and storage of oil,
sludge and sediments are generated. Sludge is
obtained from oily wastewater treatment processes,
sediments can be found in water bodies where liquid
oils have been disposed of. As a common feature, they
both are highly concentrated by a mixture of various
contaminants, and have high water content.
Mishandling of oily waste has imposed a strong demand
for technological solutions. This book focuses on
physical and chemical processes for the treatment of
oily sludge in a biopile; attempting to optimize the
technology by 3D visualization....