OIL POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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The article uses a systems approach to study the technologies for combating oil pollution of the environment in China, and provides a detailed examination of the methods for cleaning oil-contaminated soils, ways of cleaning contaminated water bodies, and the oil sorbents used. Semi-permeable membranes, reverse osmosis technologies, and sorption materials are widely used to clean groundwater and underground water from oil pollution. Oil-contaminated soil is cleaned using bioremediation technologies using microorganisms, technologies for physicochemical restoration of soils, and a combination of these methods. The performed analysis made it possible to identify possible ways to improve the technologies for combating oil pollution, which are aimed at reducing costs; reducing the cleaning cycle; the possibility of repeated use of reagents and minimal formation of non-recyclable waste; reducing the risk of secondary pollution; the possibility of combined restoration of contaminated soil and groundwater; optimization of the production of effective and multifunctional materials with a wide range of applications in various environmental conditions; determining the mechanisms of interaction between reagents and sorbents and pollutants; increasing the level of intellectualization and robotization of the equipment used in order to improve the safety of workers cleaning the surface of water and soil from contamination by oil and oil products.

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