Nano in Environmental Problems of Oil Industries

Category General
Difficulty Level Normal
Audience Level General
Description Nanoscience has a wide range of effects on other industries. In this course, a huge amount of information in regards with the role of nanoscience in industries is presented.
Overview
Rapid development of nanotechnology is often considered as a fundamental revolution in technology and is compared with the discovery of antibiotics, television, nuclear weapons, and computer technologies. Nanotechnology is a key technology and refers to a wide range of scientific and technological activities that study and work with phenomena or properties at nanometer scale (around 0.1-100nm; one nanometer is one millionth of a meter). Introducing current and potential applications is as significant as education. In this course, nanotechnology applications in textile, agriculture, oil and gas, automotive, environment, sports and nutrition industry are reported.

Booklet
Description
It starts with an introduction. Then it talks about improvement of drilling concrete by the use of nanosilica, improving drilling fluid, the use of graphene, and zinc oxide nanoparticles.

Mental Challenge
Can nanotechnology help in solving environmental problems of oil industry?

Quizzes and Activities

Activity: Investigate if the use of nanotechnology in oil and gas industry has any risks to environment.


 



Further Reading Sources

Improvement in filtration properties of water-based drilling fluid