Open AccessSynthetic Oil-Spills Decontamination by Using Sawdust and Activated Carbon from Aloe vera as Absorbents
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biointerface research in applied chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2069-5837
DOI - 10.33263/briac114.1177811796
Subject(s) - sawdust , sorption , aloe vera , activated carbon , human decontamination , diesel fuel , adsorption , pulp and paper industry , motor oil , swelling , waste management , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , environmental science , organic chemistry , composite material , botany , engineering , biology , thermodynamics , physics
The main objective of this work is to try to find potential novel absorbents that could be used for oil spill cleanup. The swelling properties of poplar sawdust were investigated in order to predict its behavior in adsorption with two types of oils (i) diesel and (ii) heating oil. The sorption experiments for sawdust on both diesel and heating oil showed that the prediction obtained by the swelling experiments were correct, and the sawdust exerted good sorption characteristics for both oils. The second part of the experiment focused on synthesizing activated carbon from Aloe vera to check its potential for oil removal. Through BET analysis, characterization showed the high surface area, and FTIR analysis pointed out some possible functional groups. The absorption experiments showed moderate sorption capacity of this material based on diesel experiments and good sorption results with heating oil.