[HTML][HTML] Study on the use of banana peels for oil spill removal

GA El-Din, AA Amer, G Malsh, M Hussein - Alexandria engineering journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, oil spill is one of the most serious pollutants that have negative effects on the
ecosystem and marine life. Environmentalists face major challenges in the treatment of spills …

Recent progress and future prospects of oil-absorbing materials

T Zhang, Z Li, Y Lü, Y Liu, D Yang, Q Li, F Qiu - Chinese Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oil and organic solvent contamination, derived from oil spills and organic solvent leakage,
has been recognized as one of the major environmental issues imposing a serious threat to …

[HTML][HTML] Oil spill sorption capacity of raw and thermally modified orange peel waste

IA El Gheriany, FA El Saqa, AAER Amer… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Oil spill cases in the river Nile have been reported in the recent decade. Orange peel is a
major waste of the food processing industry in Egypt, one of the six largest orange peel …

Utilization and regeneration of waste sugarcane bagasse as a novel robust aerogel as an effective thermal, acoustic insulator, and oil adsorbent

G Kumar, DTK Dora, D Jadav, A Naudiyal… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
To deal with the frequent oil-spillage, various sorbents were developed, however, the poor
oil/water selectivity and expensive hydrophobic coatings limit widespread. Further, the rise …

Excellent reusable chitosan/cellulose aerogel as an oil and organic solvent absorbent

Z Li, L Shao, W Hu, T Zheng, L Lu, Y Cao… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Absorption is one of the most important methods for oil spill cleanup. An ideal absorbent is
expected to possess advantages of low cost, green, high absorption capacity and excellent …

Modified orange peel waste as a sustainable material for adsorption of contaminants

U Michael-Igolima, SJ Abbey, AO Ifelebuegu, EU Eyo - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
World orange production is estimated at 60 million tons per annum, while the annual
production of orange peel waste is 32 million tons. According to available data, the …

Oil spill cleanup by raw cellulose-based absorbents: a green and sustainable approach

MQ Chau, TT Truong, AT Hoang… - Energy Sources, Part A …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The oil spillage and maritime pollution due to spilled oil have been affecting human life and
the environment in the long term seriously. The methods and techniques presently used to …

The synthesis of hierarchical porous Al2O3/acrylic resin composites as durable, efficient and recyclable absorbents for oil/water separation

X Yue, T Zhang, D Yang, F Qiu, J Rong, J Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we report a facile and inexpensive approach which was demonstrated for the
creation of hierarchical porous Al 2 O 3/acrylic resin composites as durable, efficient and …

Sustainable ecofriendly recruitment of bioethanol fermentation lignocellulosic spent waste biomass for the safe reuse and discharge of petroleum production produced …

HN Nassar, WIM El-Azab, NS El-Gendy - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable lignocellulosic spent waste rice straw (SWRS) from bioethanol production
inventively applied in this study to valorize petroleum production produced water (PPPW) …

[HTML][HTML] Oil spill cleanup by raw flax fiber: Modification effect, sorption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics

MA Mahmoud - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Modification of raw flax fiber by acetylating process and microwave energy was useful in the
application of oil spill cleanup. The change in fibers was characterized by scientific analysis …