title: Application of vegetable oils in the treatment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated soils.
abstract: A brief review is conducted on the application of vegetable oils in the treatment of PAH-contaminated soils. Three main scopes of treatment strategies are discussed in this work including soil washing by oil, integrated oil-biological treatment and integrated oil-non-biological treatment. For each of these, the arguments supporting vegetable oil application, the applied treatment techniques and their efficiencies, associated factors, as well as the feasibility of the techniques are detailed. Additionally, oil regeneration, the environmental impacts of oil residues in soil and comparison with other commonly employed techniques are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants