**Author details**

Ali Aghababai Beni<sup>1</sup> \*, Mohammad Saleh Samie Adel<sup>2</sup> , Mojgan Zaeimdar<sup>3</sup> , Arezoo Ghadi<sup>4</sup> , Vahid Hassani<sup>5</sup> , Kiarash Jalalvandi<sup>6</sup> and Sayed Asaad Abdollahi<sup>2</sup>

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran

3 Department of Environment Engineering, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Chemical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Amol, Iran

5 Mechanical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

6 Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

\*Address all correspondence to: aliaghababai@yahoo.com

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*Petroleum Wastewater Treatment DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109853*

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