Cleanup of Water Surface from Oil Spills Using Natural Sorbent Materials
- Olga, V. Rotar
- Darina, V. Iskrizhitskaya
- Alexandr, A. Iskrizhitsky
- Alexandra, А.Oreshina
Publication date
December 2014
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. ISSN
1876-6196 Citation count (estimate)
6Abstract
AbstractThe following indicators were used to compare sorption efficiency of the test objects: oil capacity (OC), buoyancy, solubility of hydrocarbons in water, and water absorption (WA). Hereby, it was determined that the peat moss carbonized at the temperature of 200-250°С and modified by acetic acid has high sorption capacity. The sorbents introduced can increase the efficiency of water surface cleaning up until the water is almost clean and the residual oil content in water is less than 0.03 g/l
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