REMEDIATION OF CRUDE OIL POLLUTED SOIL USING TRADITIONAL AND MICROWAVE PYROLYSIS.

尼日利亚蓬勃发展的石油开采活动不断造成环境污染。超过300万桶原油泄漏到尼日尔三角洲地区。热修复技术被建立用于处理石油污染的土壤，但遭受高能源成本。本研究旨在将微波热解技术应用于污染土壤的研究，并与传统热解方法进行比较。具体目标是优化微波热解的工艺参数，以减少释放的油，并比较微波热解的能耗。特别是，正在确定土壤成分和含水量对微波热解去除原油的影响。这是第一次表明，石油去除与传统的热解可以实现丰富的粘土土壤。

Booming oil exploration activities in Nigeria have constantly caused environmental pollution. Over three million barrels of crude oil spilled into the Niger Delta region. Thermal remediation technologies are established for treating oil contaminated soil but suffer from high energy costs. The aim of the research is to applying microwave pyrolysis for contaminated soils and draw comparisons with traditional pyrolysis methods. The specific objectives are to optimise processing parameters in microwave pyrolysis, to characterise the oils released and compare the energy consumption with microwave pyrolysis. In particular, the impact of soil composition and moisture content on the removal of crude oil in microwave pyrolysis are being determined. It has been shown for the first time that oil removal comparable to traditional pyrolysis can be achieved for soils rich in clay.