Corn is an economically important crop with a broad presence worldwide, especially for
providing animal feed and human consumption products, including those from industries …

Remediation of persistent organic pollutants in soil especially total petroleum hydrocarbon
(TPH) is of global concern due to its toxicity and health implications. Soil flushing has been …

This study investigates the performance of two non-ionic sugar-based surfactants, belonging
to the families of synthetic alkylpoliglucosides and biological rhamnolipids, for enhancing …

Chemical flooding has become an important method to enhance oil recovery in high‐water
cut reservoirs. Crude oil emulsification often occurs during chemical flooding, and it plays a …

Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and water are miscible and interact trough hydrogen (H) bonds. Span
80 (sorbitan ester) is soluble in THF, but not water. Nonetheless, Span 80 H bonds with …

Reversible deactivation radical polymerization of hydrophilic monomers in water is often
poorly controlled due to several side reactions. It results in polymers with broad molecular …

Chemicals injection for in-situ remediation of contaminated soils has attracted great
attention. Efficiency of this technology relies on various parameters. Among them, chemical …

Sulfolane is an emerging contaminant, miscible in pure water. The correlation between
mixing behavior and transport of sulfolane with sulfate and chloride salts is not fully …

Fracking is an enhanced oil recovery technology, which uses viscoelastic fluids (fracking
fluids) to fracture oil reservoirs and to transport sand within the fractures, to prop them open …

Pump and treat of hydrocarbons from the subsurface is largely ineffective because capillary
forces impede hydrocarbon mobility. This study uses zein (corn protein) dissolved in water at …