Investigation of the effectiveness of absorbent materials in oil spills clean up

Teas, C.; Kalligeros, S.; Zanikos, F.; Stournas, S.; Lois, E.; Anastopoulos, G.

doi:10.1016/s0011-9164(01)00375-7

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“…Examples of expanded adsorbents are perlite and vermiculite; these are characterized by a low bulk density (approximately 0.25 kg/dm 3 ) and good buoyancy, and they can therefore be applied to remove oils from the surface of water [50,51]. Their cost of production is relatively high, and these sorbents tend to return absorbed substances under the influence of external physical and mechanical factors [33].…”

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Application of Mineral Sorbents for Removal of Petroleum Substances: A Review

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Environmental pollution with petroleum products has become a major problem worldwide, and is a consequence of industrial growth. The development of sustainable methods for the removal of petroleum substances and their derivatives from aquatic and terrestrial environments and from air has therefore become extremely important today. Advanced technologies and materials dedicated to this purpose are relatively expensive; sorption methods involving mineral sorbents are therefore popular and are widely described in the scientific literature. Mineral materials are easily available, low-cost, universal adsorbents and have a number of properties that make them suitable for the removal of petroleum substances. This review describes recent works on the use of natural, synthetic and modified mineral adsorbents for the removal of petroleum substances and their derivatives from roads, water and air.

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Application of Mineral Sorbents for Removal of Petroleum Substances: A Review

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“…3,4,5,6,7,8 Existing methods for the removal or collection of oils from an oil-water mixture utilise absorbent materials 9 such as zeolites, 10,11 organoclays, 12 non-woven polypropylene, 13,14 or natural fibres 15 (such as straw, 16 cellulose, 14 or wool 17 ).…”

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Ultrafast Oleophobic–Hydrophilic Switching Surfaces for Antifogging, Self-Cleaning, and Oil–Water Separation

Brown

Atkinson

Badyal

2014

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

148

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. (2014) 'Ultra-fast oleophobic-hydrophilic switching surfaces for anti-fogging, self-cleaning, and oil-water separation.', ACS applied materials interfaces., 6 (10). pp. 7504-7511.Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am500882yPublisher's copyright statement:This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in nal form in ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, copyright c American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the nal edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am500882y. Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. be further enhanced by the incorporation of surface roughness to an extent that it reaches a sufficiently high level (water contact angle <10° and hexadecane contact angle >110°) which, when combined with the inherent ultra-fast switching speed, yields oil-water mixture separation efficiencies exceeding 98%.

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“…Ding et al (2001) reported that clay minerals such as smectites and pillared interlayer clays (PILCs) are used as adsorbents for organic compounds in liquid phase in the controlled release of agrochemicals. Teas et al (2001) showed that hydrophobic perlite had comparable absorption capacity with synthetic organic materials used for oil spill cleanup. Alther (2002) reported that modified clays with quaternary ammonium cations have better performance in adsorption of 50 types of oil than activated carbon.…”

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Remediation Technologies for Marine Oil Spills: A Critical Review and Comparative Analysis

Dave¹

2011

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

191

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Problem statement: Anthropogenic activities pollute the oceans with oil through land run off, vessels accidents, periodic tanker discharges and bilge discharges. Oil spills are environmental disasters that impact human, plants and wild life including birds, fish and mammals. Approach: In this study, the International Guidelines for Preventing Oils Spills and Response to Disasters were reviewed and the characteristics of oil spills were discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of various oil spill response methods were evaluated. A comparative analysis were performed on the currently available remediation technologies using 10 evaluation criteria that included cost, efficiency, time, impact on wild life, reliability, level of difficulty, oil recovery, weather, effect on physical/chemical characteristics of oil and the need for further treatment. The advantages and disadvantages of each response method were used to determine the score assigned to that method. Results: There are many government regualtions for individual countries that serve as prevention mesures for oil spills in the offshore environment. They have to do with the design of equipment and machinery used in the offshore environment and performing the necessary safety inspections. The primary objectives of response to oil spill are: to prevent the spill from moving onto shore, reduce the impact on marine life and speed the degradation of any unrecovered oil. There are several physical, chemical, thermal and biological remediation technologies for oil spills including booms, skimmers, sorbents, dispersants, insitu burning and bioremediation. Each technique has its advantages and disadvantages and the choice of a particular technique will depend on: type of oil, physical, biological and economical characteristics of the spill, location, weather and sea conditions, amount spilled and rate of spillage, depth of water column, time of the year and effectiveness of technique. Coclusion: Based on the comparative analysis, oil recovery with mechanical methods and the application of dispersants followed by bioremediation is the most effective response for marine oil spill.

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Investigation of the effectiveness of absorbent materials in oil spills clean up

Cited by 327 publications

References 8 publications

Application of Mineral Sorbents for Removal of Petroleum Substances: A Review

Application of Mineral Sorbents for Removal of Petroleum Substances: A Review

Ultrafast Oleophobic–Hydrophilic Switching Surfaces for Antifogging, Self-Cleaning, and Oil–Water Separation

Remediation Technologies for Marine Oil Spills: A Critical Review and Comparative Analysis

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