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| Title: | Oil spill cleanup by structured fibre assembly |
| Authors: | Karan, C Praba
Rengasamy, R S
Das, Dipayan |
| Keywords: | Cotton
Kapok
Milkweed
Natural fibres
Oil spill
Polypropylene
Porosity
Sorbents |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Oil is one of the important sources of
energy in the modern industrial world. It has to be transported from the source
of production to many places across the globe through oceans and inland
transport. During transportation the chance of oil spillage over the water body
occurs due to accidents or by deliberate action during war time and this causes
environmental pollution. Sorbents made from structured fibre assembly are found
to be the best material to clean up oil spill. The oil sorption and retention
behavior of sorbents are influenced by the material and structure of the
sorbents and oil physical characteristics. For sustainable environment,
disposal of used sorbents is a major issue. In this context, the naturally
available biodegradable materials have great potential than the synthetic ones.
This paper reviews about oil spill cleanup with special emphasis on the
phenomenon of oil sorption, methods of oil spill cleanup, characteristics of
oil sorbent materials, fluid flow through fibrous materials, types of fibre
materials envisaged for making sorbents and test methods for oil sorbents. |
| Page(s): | 190-200 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.36(2) [June 2011]
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