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Jmaa SB, Kallel A. Chemically treated Posidonia oceanica fibers as a potential sorbent for oil spill clean up. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28427. [PMID: 38560221 PMCID: PMC10979203 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Posidonia oceanica (PO) fibers were used as biodegradable solid waste material in the removal of oil spills from seawater. In the present study, PO fibers were chemically treated using H3PO4, KOH, ZnCl2 and H2O2. The Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to compare and to determine the structure of the raw and the chemically-treated PO fibers. The main parameters studied in the two systems, a mixture system of oil and water and a system with only oil or only water, were the chemical solutions concentrations, initial oil concentration and time contact. The results revealed that PO fibers treated with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) showed an enhancement of oil sorption of 12% in oil/water layer, compared to raw PO fibers. An increase of hydrophobicity was also observed with treated fibers as revealed by the 50% decrease in water sorption capacity. The isotherm and kinetic models were determined to reveal the nature and the mechanism of the sorption. Langmuir isotherm appeared to be the best fitting model showing a one-layer oil sorption onto PO fibers. In addition, the results fitted well with the pseudo-second order kinetic model compared to pseudo-first order representing the chemical sorption of oil. The results indicated that the treated biosorbent could be used as biodegradable material to clean-up oil spills in aqueous solution.
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- Senda Ben Jmaa
- Laboratory of Water, Energy and Environment, Engineering National School of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, 3038, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Water, Energy and Environment, Engineering National School of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, 3038, Tunisia
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Eboibi BE, Ogbue MC, Udochukwu EC, Umukoro JE, Okan LO, Agarry SE, Aworanti OA, Ogunkunle O, Laseinde OT. Bio-sorptive remediation of crude oil polluted sea water using plantain ( Musa parasidiaca) leaves as bio-based sorbent: Parametric optimization by Taguchi technique, equilibrium isotherm and kinetic modelling studies. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21413. [PMID: 38027684 PMCID: PMC10665695 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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This study investigated the potential of employing plantain leaves as a natural bio-based sorbent for crude oil spill polluted seawater remediation. Type L9(34) Taguchi orthogonal array technique was used to evaluate the effect of four independent bio-sorption factors at three different levels (crude oil initial concentration (X1 7.8, 11.5 and 15.6 g/L), seawater-crude oil temperature (X2 25, 35 and 45 °C), bio-sorbent dosage (X3 1, 2 and 3 g) and bio-sorbent particle size (X4 1.18, 2.36 and 4.72 mm) on two response indices (bio-sorption efficiency (%) and bio-sorption capacity (g/g)). Taguchi optimization technique, numerical-desirability index function optimization technique and a proposed optimization method were utilized to determine the optimum bio-sorption factors needed for the optimum bio-sorption efficiency and bio-sorption capacity. The results demonstrated that the crude oil bio-sorption efficiency of the plantain leaves was significantly influenced by X1, X3 and X4 and the bio-sorption capacity was mainly influenced by X1 and X3. The optimum bio-sorption efficiency and the optimum bio-sorption capacity were 99.05 % and 12.82 g/g, respectively, obtained at optimum combination of factors and levels of X11 (7.8 g/L), X33 (3 g) and X41 (1.18 mm) for bio-sorption efficiency and X13 (15.6 g/L) X31 (1 g) for bio-sorption capacity. The Freundlich and Dubinin-Rudeshkevich isotherm models best explain the equilibrium bio-sorption data, while the pseudo-second order kinetic model best describes the bio-sorption kinetics. The bio-sorptive remediation mechanism followed dual mechanism of physical and chemical bio-sorption and the mass transfer controlled by film diffusion. The maximum bio-sorption capacity (K f ) was 14.0 gg-1.
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- Blessing E. Eboibi
- Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, P. M. B. 22, Oleh Campus, Nigeria
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University, Otuoke, Nigeria
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, P. M. B. 22, Oleh Campus, Nigeria
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- Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, P. M. B. 22, Oleh Campus, Nigeria
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- Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delta State University, Abraka, P. M. B. 22, Oleh Campus, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University, Otuoke, Nigeria
- Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P. M. B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
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- Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P. M. B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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Bianco F, Marcińczyk M, Race M, Papirio S, Esposito G, Oleszczuk P. Low temperature–produced and VFA–coated biochar enhances phenanthrene adsorption and mitigates toxicity in marine sediments. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Removal of Petroleum Hydrocarbons from Brackish Water by Natural and Modified Sorbents. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/jmse10050597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Crude oil and petroleum products made from it are increasingly being extracted and consumed worldwide as an important energy source. During necessary transportation, e.g., by tanker, an oil spill might occur, which leads to water pollution by oil. One of the methods of cleaning up oil spills is to use sorbents, preferably made from natural materials. This study evaluates the remediation efficiency of brackish water polluted with crude oil, marine diesel oil (MDO) and lubricating oil. The experiment was performed with three different sorbents (straw, straw modified with methoxytrimethylsilanes (MTMS) and wood chip shavings) and without them. The evaporation loss and the dissolved and sorbed fractions of oil were measured by gas chromatography (GC) to evaluate remediation efficiency. Hydrophobization made the natural sorbents buoyant for the duration of the experiment, with only a slight increase in the maximum sorption capacity. The sorbents increased the evaporation of the oils and also of the water, reduced the proportion of the oil dissolved in water and retained the sorbed proportion for the lubricating oil and partly for the MDO, to such an extent that it could not be extracted entirely even after a 60-min extraction time.
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Oil Palm’s Empty Fruit Bunch as a Sorbent Material in Filter System for Oil-Spill Clean Up. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11010127. [PMID: 35009130 PMCID: PMC8747325 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Oil pollution such as diesel poses a significant threat to the environment. Due to this, there is increasing interest in using natural materials mainly from agricultural waste as organic oil spill sorbents. Oil palm’s empty fruit bunch (EFB), a cost-effective material, non-toxic, renewable resource, and abundantly available in Malaysia, contains cellulosic materials that have been proven to show a good result in pollution treatment. This study evaluated the optimum screening part of EFB that efficiently absorbs oil and the physicochemical characterisation of untreated and treated EFB fibre using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The treatment conditions were optimised using one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT), which identified optimal treatment conditions of 170 °C, 20 min, 0.1 g/cm3, and 10% diesel, resulting in 23 mL of oil absorbed. The predicted model was highly significant in statistical Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and confirmed that all the parameters (temperature, time, packing density, and diesel concentration) significantly influenced the oil absorbed. The predicted values in RSM were 175 °C, 22.5 min, 0.095 g/cm3, and 10%, which resulted in 24 mL of oil absorbed. Using the experimental values generated by RSM, 175 °C, 22.5 min, 0.095 g/cm3, and 10%, the highest oil absorption achieved was 24.33 mL. This study provides further evidence, as the data suggested that RSM provided a better approach to obtain a high efficiency of oil absorbed.
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Gurav R, Bhatia SK, Choi TR, Choi YK, Kim HJ, Song HS, Park SL, Lee HS, Lee SM, Choi KY, Yang YH. Adsorptive removal of crude petroleum oil from water using floating pinewood biochar decorated with coconut oil-derived fatty acids. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 781:146636. [PMID: 33784526 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The present investigation deals with the adsorptive removal of crude petroleum oil from the water surface using coconut oil-modified pinewood biochar. Biochar generated at higher pyrolysis temperature (700 °C) revealed higher fatty acid-binding efficiency responsible for the excellent hydrophobicity of the biochar. Fatty acids composition attached to the biochar produced at 700 °C was (mg g-1 BC) lauric acid (9.024), myristic acid (5.065), palmitic acid (2.769), capric acid (1.639), oleic acid (1.362), stearic acid (1.114), and linoleic acid (0.130). Simulation of the experimental adsorption data of pristine and modified pinewood biochar generated at 700 °C offered the best fit to pseudo-first-order kinetics (R2 > 0.97) and Langmuir isotherm model (R2 > 0.99) based on the highest regression coefficients. Consequently, the adsorption process was mainly driven by surface hydrophobic interactions including π-π electron-donor-acceptor between electron-rich (π-donor) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the crude oil and biochar (π-acceptor). A maximum adsorption capacity (Qmax) of 5.315 g g-1 was achieved by modified floating biochar within 60 min. Whereas the reusability testing revealed 49.39% and 51.40% was the adsorption efficiency of pristine and modified biochar at the fifth adsorption-desorption cycle.
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- Ranjit Gurav
- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
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Application of Sorbents for Oil Spill Cleanup Focusing on Natural-Based Modified Materials: A Review. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194522. [PMID: 33023166 PMCID: PMC7582536 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Conventional synthetic sorbents for oil spill removal are the most widely applied materials, although they are not the optimal choices from an economic and environmental point of view. The use of inexpensive, abundant, non-toxic, biodegradable, and reusable lignocellulosic materials might be an alternative to conventional sorbents, with obvious positive impact on sustainability and circular economy. The objective of this paper was to review reports on the use of natural-based adsorbing materials for the restoration of water bodies threatened by oil spills. The use of raw and modified natural sorbents as a restoration tool, their sorption capacity, along with the individual results in conditions that have been implemented, were examined in detail. Modification methods for improving the hydrophobicity of natural sorbents were also extensively highlighted. Furthermore, an attempt was made to assess the advantages and limitations of each natural sorbent since one material is unlikely to encompass all potential oil spill scenarios. Finally, an evaluation was conducted in order to outline an integrated approach based on the terms of material–environment–economy.
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Kong H, Saman N, Tee PN, Cheu SC, Song ST, Johari K, Lye JWP, Che Yunus MA, Mat H. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-coated-cationized agroforestry residue as adsorbent for benzene-adsorptive sequestration from aqueous solution. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:11140-11152. [PMID: 30796666 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04248-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of this work is to convert agroforestry residue to a novel adsorbent (M-1CTA-SDS-BT) used for adsorptive benzene sequestration from aqueous solution. In this study, the anionic surfactant-coated-cationized banana trunk was synthesized and characterized for batch adsorption of benzene from aqueous solution. The surface morphology, surface chemistry, surface area, and pore properties of the synthesized adsorbents were examined. It was proven that surface cationization successfully increased the benzene adsorption capacity of sodium dodecyl sulfate-coated adsorbents. The Langmuir isotherm model satisfactorily described the equilibrium adsorption data. The maximum benzene adsorption capacity (qmax) of 468.19 μmol/g was attained. The kinetic data followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model in which the rate-limiting step was proven to be the film diffusion. The batch-adsorbent regeneration results indicated that the M-1CTA-SDS-BT could withstand at least five adsorption/desorption cycles without drastic adsorption capacity reduction. The findings demonstrated the adsorptive potential of agroforestry-based adsorbent as a natural and cheap material for benzene removal from contaminated water.
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- Helen Kong
- Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Centre of Lipids Engineering & Applied Research (CLEAR), Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
- Advanced Materials and Separation Technologies (AMSET) Research Group, Health and Wellness Research Alliance, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
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