SOIL 416 — Remediation of Contaminated Soils
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Components of petroleum (mixture of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons); Microbial metabolism (aerobic alkane metabolism, aerobic PAH metabolism, anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism); behavioral and physiological responses of microbes to hydrocarbon, microbial community dynamics; microbial treatment of petroleum waste (treatment of contaminated soils and sludges, factors affecting bioremediation, passive bioremediation process, land farming on oily waste, bio-reactor based process, biofiltration of volatile organic compounds, removal of hydrogen sulphides and sulphates, chemical methods of bioremediation of oily wastes). Microbial processes for recovery and upgrading petroleum (microbial enhanced oil recovery, microbial de-emulsification, microbial desulfurization, microbial denitrogenation, enzymatic upgradation of petroleum fractions and pure hydrocarbon); bacterial biosensors. Microbial and chemical techniques to reclaim contaminated soils. Effect of chemicals and pollutants on microbial population, basic principles governing bio-degradation, bio-transformation reactions.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 211 — Microeconomics (Principles and Applications to Households and Firms)
- AGEC 212 — Macroeconomics (Principles and Applications to Economy of Ghana)
- AGEN 201 — Agriculture Engineering II
- AGEX 204 — Vacation Rural Community Experience
- AGEX 206 — Approaches to Extension
- AGEX 211 — Food Safety and Quality Standards
- AGEX 213 — Rural Development and Participatory Methodologies
- AGEX 415 — NGO Development and Management
- AGRC 200 — Long Vacation Practicals
- AGRC 212 — Introductory Statistics
- ANIM 212 — Elements of Microbiology and Immunology
- ANIM 418 — Animal Health and Physiology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).