Bunker oil biocracking for heavy fuel upgrading : characterization and analysis of heavy fuel

• Main Author: Lim, Joyce Hui Xian.
• Other Authors: Yan Rong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Environmental pollution; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ecomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38708
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biocracking of heavy fuel oils such as bunker oil was investigated in this study. Mixed culture systems, namely petrochemical oil sludge and petroleum contaminated soil were selected to serve as microbial sources for biological upgrading of heavy fuels. To evaluate the effectiveness of biocracking,...