«Environmental protection in oil and gas complex»

A new "chemical herder" for the remediation of thin oil spills in water areas. Potential toxicity assessment

UDC: 502.51
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Authors:

¹ A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS, Moscow, Russia
² National University of Oil and Gas "Gubkin University", Moscow, Russia
³ Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Center, Hanoi, Vietnam

Keywords: "chemical herder", oil collector, biotesting, Daphnia magna Straus, Paramecium caudatum, Chlorella vulgaris Beijer and Chaetoceros sp., ecological safety, surfactants

Annotation:

The authors of the article studied the toxicity of a newly developed "chemical herder" (CH), intended to reduce the surface area and increase the thickness of thin oil spills. A variety of test organisms were used in biotesting, including Daphnia magna Straus, Paramecium caudatum, Chlorella vulgaris Beijer, and Chaetoceros sp. The concentrations used ranged from 0,8 mg/l to 600 mg/l. It was found that the CH did not have a significant toxic effect at the operational concentration. However, for some species, such as Daphnia magna Straus and Chlorella vulgaris Beijer, there was some degree of toxicity observed at higher concentrations (200 mg/l and 600 mg/l, respectively).

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