Synthesis and application of porous oil-sorbent microspheres: Characterization retention capacity and sorption kinetics

Abirami, A L Alagu and Kumar, P Senthil and Prakash, D Gnana and Ravirajan, Abhaiguru and Umasankaran, Avinash and Narayanan, Pavithra and Ravishankar, Kartik and Kumar, Chintoo Sudhiesh and Nagaraju, Sharath and Reddy, K P J (2020) Synthesis and application of porous oil-sorbent microspheres: Characterization retention capacity and sorption kinetics. In: SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 234 .

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Abstract

The article focuses on the study of oil spill cleanup in an aquatic media by comparing the oil sorption capacities of three polymeric sorbents. Styrene - dodecyl methacrylate - DVB with toluene as porogen (P3) showed a highest removal ability of 5 times its weight. However, key aspect of this research is associated with the retention capacities of the sorbents. The loss in weight measured over time was found to be numerically insignificant for all the three sorbents. Water contact angle for the sorbents i.e., P1, P2, P3 were found to be 113.3 degrees, 107.2 degrees and 97.5 degrees respectively. SEM results confirmed the entrapment of oil between the polymer molecules thereby confirming the phenomenon of sorption. The sorption kinetics of oil over the sorbent surface was followed the pseudo-second order model. The prepared sorbents can be successfully employed for the recovery of oil spills from water sources.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Additional Information:	copy right of this article belong to ELSEVIER
Keywords:	Sorption; Petrol; Diesel; Lube oil; Retention capacity; Polymer sorbents
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2019 07:41
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2019 07:41
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/63879

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