Petroleum and hazardous chemical spills in Newark Bay, New Jersey, USA from 1982 to 1991

Gunster, Donald G.; Gillis, Carol A.; Bonnevie, N. L.; Abel, Todd B.; Wenning, Richard J.

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“…Their continuous production 27 and utilization are associated with serious environmental con-28 sequences such as destruction to aquatic species due to oil spillage 29 [4,5], global warming due to the emission of greenhouse gases like 30 CO 2 and CH 4 , consequent reduction in fertile agricultural land and 31 the declining of freshwater for household and industrial applica-32 tions [6][7][8]. A shift to the renewable alternatives is currently 33 considered as one of the possible viable options for addressing the 34 problems [9][10][11].…”

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Zeolite catalysts in upgrading of bioethanol to fuels range hydrocarbons: A review

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Muraza

2015

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

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Zeolite catalysts in upgrading of bioethanol to fuels range hydrocarbons: A review

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2015

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

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“…Sediment used as inoculum for the enrichment cultures was collected from the Arthur Kill, a marine‐estuarine site that is known to be heavily polluted by petroleum products and hazardous chemicals [13]. The collected sediments were black and had a strong smell of petroleum and sulfide.…”

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“…In the present study, the diversity of anaerobic, alkane‐degrading microbial communities in a marine–estuarine sediment was investigated by enrichment. Because anoxic sediments in petroleum‐polluted aquatic environments act as a sink for organic pollutants and constitute a suitable niche for al‐kane‐degrading anaerobes, enrichment cultures for the targeted microorganisms were established using sediment collected from the Arthur Kill (New York, NY, USA), a marine‐estuarine area with known history of pollution by petroleum chemicals [13]. Active enrichments were propagated and further characterized.…”

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Anaerobic biodegradation of alkanes by enriched consortia under four different reducing conditions

Young

2001

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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Enrichments of alkane-degrading microorganisms were established under sulfate-reducing, denitrifying, iron-reducing, and methanogenic conditions using an estuarine sediment. The sulfate-reducing and denitrifying enrichments mineralized [1-14C]hexadecane to 14CO2. Degradation was coupled to sulfate reduction and denitrification, as indicated by the ratios of hexadecane degraded to the electron acceptors reduced. Dependence of hexadecane degradation by the sulfate-reducing enrichments on sulfate reduction was also shown. The results indicate the existence of diverse microbial communities capable of alkane degradation in the sediment studied.

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“…Such accidental emissions occur in dangerous numbers and magnitudes, e.g., 574 cases have been recorded in Romania between 1996(Gogoase-Nistoran 2008), 1453cases in Newark Bay between 1982and 1991(Gunster et al 1993, and 570 cases along the river Thames in 2005 (Ellis and Chatfield 2006).…”

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Dispersion and Travel Time of Dissolved and Floating Tracers in Urban Sewers

Istók

Kristóf

2014

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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Environmental impacts of oil spills affecting urban sewage networks can be eliminated if timely intervention is taken. The design of such actions requires knowledge of the transport of surface pollutants in open channels. In this study we investigated the travel time and dispersion of pollutants by means of tracer experiments in sewage networks and a creek. The travel time of surface tracers has been found to be significantly shorter than that of a bulk flow tracer. The ratio of the travel times of a bulk flow tracer and surface tracers agreed with the known correlations obtained for rivers. An increasing tendency in the ratio of travel times has been observed for increasing bulk flow velocity.A segment-wise dispersion model was implemented in the existing hydraulic model of a sewer system. The simulation results were compared with the experimental observations. The dispersion rate of the bulk flow tracer has been found to obey Taylor's mixing theory for long channels and was more intensive than that of surface tracers in community sewage channels.

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Petroleum and hazardous chemical spills in Newark Bay, New Jersey, USA from 1982 to 1991

Cited by 26 publications

References 19 publications

Zeolite catalysts in upgrading of bioethanol to fuels range hydrocarbons: A review

Zeolite catalysts in upgrading of bioethanol to fuels range hydrocarbons: A review

Anaerobic biodegradation of alkanes by enriched consortia under four different reducing conditions

Dispersion and Travel Time of Dissolved and Floating Tracers in Urban Sewers

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