Author/Authors :
Behnood، Reza نويسنده Department of Safety and Protection Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran Behnood, Reza , Anvaripour، Bagher نويسنده Abadan Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran , , Jaafarzade Haghighi Fard، Nematollah نويسنده Nanotechnology Research Center, Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran Jaafarzade Haghighi Fard, Nematollah , Farasati، Masoumeh نويسنده Water Engineering Department, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Farasati, Masoumeh
Abstract :
In last decades, oil spill pollution has become an important issue of concern due to its serious
environmental impacts; therefore, necessary actions should be taken to prevent or reduce these types
of pollution and their environmental consequences. Natural organic sorbents are emerging as proper
choices for oil spill cleanup due to their availability, eco-friendliness, and low cost. In this study,
phragmites australis, sugarcane leaves straw, and sugarcane bagasse were used for crude oil sorption
in dry (only oil) systems. The results indicated that sugarcane bagasse had a higher oil sorption
capacity compared to the others. Therefore, sugarcane bagasse was selected as the preferred sorbent
and the effects of sorbent contact time and its particle size on oil adsorption capacity were evaluated
for the systems of dry and crude oil layer on water. The results showed that the maximum adsorption
capacity of raw sugarcane bagasse for dry system and crude oil layer system was about 8 and 6.6
gram crude oil per gram sorbent respectively.
