Petroleum Hydrocarbons Adsorption from Aqueous Solution by Raw Sugarcane Bagasse
R. Behnood1, B. Anvaripour2, N. Jaafarzade Haghighi Fard3, M. Farasati4
1R. Behnood, Safety and Protection Engineering Department, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran
2B. Anvaripour, Safety and Protection Engineering Department, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran
3N. Jaafarzade Haghighi Fard, Health Department, Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, iran, and Nano Technology research center, Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
4M. Farasati, Water Engineering Department, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
Manuscript received on April 11, 2013. | Revised Manuscript Received on April 12, 2013. | Manuscript published on April 25, 2013. | PP: 96-99 | Volume-1, Issue-6, April 2013. | Retrieval Number: F0265041613/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: One of the major sources of water pollution is oil spills or oily waste waters and removing this pollution is a global concern. Oil spills may be due to the release of crude oil or its products from pipes, tankers, ships, offshore platforms. In general wherever oil is produced, transported, stored and used there will be the risk of a spillage. Nowadays natural sorbents are applied as single solution for oil spills since this technique is effective, rapid and cost saving for cleaning these pollutions and reduce environmental effects. In this paper, raw sugarcane bagasse in different particle sizes was used for the sorption of layer of crude oil from surface of sea water. FTIR analysis of raw bagasse was performed. Effect of time and particle size for dry system and crude oil layer system was evaluated. The results showed that maximum adsorption capacity of raw sugarcane bagasse for dry system and crude oil layer system was about 8 g and 6.6 g crude oil per g sorbent, respectively.
Keywords: Oil spills, natural sorbents, sugarcane bagasse, adsorption