ADM 511E - Oil Pollution, Con.&Clea.Tech.

Course Objectives

Provide a basic theoretical knowledge and understanding of

1-Types of Oil and their Properties, Effects of Oil Pollution on the environment
2-Analysis, Detection, and Remote Sensing of Oil Pollution
3-Oil spill cleanup technics in the sea and shoreline
4-Cleanup costs

Course Description

Types of Oil and their properties, Behavior of Oil in the Environment, Effects of Oil Pollution on the environment, Analysis, Detection, and Remote Sensing of Oil Pollution, Containment on Water, Oil Recovery on Water, Separation, Pumping, Decontamination and Disposal, Spill-Treating Agents ( Dispersants etc), In-Situ Burning, Shoreline Cleanup and Restoration / Bioremediation, Nanotechnology-based solutions for oil spills, Worldwide Analysis of Marine Oil Spill Cleanup Cost Factors.