Advances in Oil-Water Separation

<p>Section A: Overview on oil pollution and its effect on environment<br>1. An overview of oil pollution and oil-spilling incidents<br>2. Spatio-temporal distribution of Oil spill effect in the estuarine terrain of Bhagirathi-Hooghly river, West Bengal, India<br>3. Oil pollution and municipal wastewater treatment: issues and impact<br>4. Overview on worldwide regulations on oil pollution control<br>5. Technological aspects of different oil and water separation advanced techniques<br>6. Impact analysis of oil pollution on environment, marine and soil communities<br>7. Impact of Oil Exploration and Spillage on Marine Environments</p> <p>Section B: Physical processes<br>8. Super-hydrophobic polymeric adsorbents as an efficient oil separator<br>9. Oil Spill Treatment Using Porous Materials<br>10. Nanotechnological advances for oil spill management: Removal, recovery and remediation<br>11. Carbon nanotube (CNT) based oil-water separation<br>12. Nanocoated membrane for oil treatment</p> <p>Section C: Thermo-chemical processes<br>13. Chemical Stabilisation of oil by elastomizers<br>14. Advances in burning processes and their impact to the environment<br>15. Use of chemical dispersants for management of oil pollution<br>16. Use of emulsifier as the agent for oil spill mitigation</p> <p>Section D: Biological processes<br>17. Use of live microbes for oil degradation in-situ<br>18. Metagenomics- An Approach for Selection of Oil Degrading Microbes and its Application in Remediation of Oil Pollution<br>19. Potentiality of Enzymes as a green tool in Degradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons<br>20. Bioremediation: an ecofriendly approach for the treatment of oil spills<br>21. Bioremediation of black tides: Strategies involving genetically modified organisms<br>22. Microbes and marine oil spills: Oil-eating bugs can cure oily sea-sickness<br>23. Hybrid biological processes for the treatment of oily wastewater</p> <p>Section E: Miscellaneous<br>24. Efficient management of oil waste: Chemical and physiochemical approaches<br>25. Membrane bioreactors for the treatment of oily wastewater: pros and cons<br>26. Overview on natural materials for oil water separation<br>27. Extraction and separation of oils: the journey from distillation to pervaporation</p>