Sorbents Performance Efficiency Test
Journal Title: Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Crude oil spillage had been a major concern to the Nigerian government and particularly to the people of the Niger Delta region because of the devastating effects, not just on the ecosystem of the region, but also, on the health implication on the people where this crude oil activities are always carried out. When crude oil spills it takes different pathways to the receptors that may be human beings, plants, sea foods, and other organisms. This means, there are health implications of oil spillage directly or indirectly. Based on these effects, various mechanical sorption methods for oil spill remediation had been applied. These methods involve sorption of spilled oil on water and on land with different trade marks. All, with the intention of remediating the impacted areas that had faced brutality of oil spillage(s). However, the efficiencies of these different trademark products needs to be known in order to identify the product that gives the best result of remediating the impacted sites. In this paper, the following sorption materials are used to identify the most effective sorption products of the three (3) different sorptions applied: FOSS, SPILL TECH and CEP-SAPKL. The tests carried out on each were: Reuse test, efficiency test, pickup time test, both low and high rate oil exposure test. Also, calculation of efficiency, net oil retaining, recovery efficiency, obtained oil adsorbed, oil adsorbed, water and oil absorbency buoyancy, degree of deterioration, absorbency ratio, and percentage of oil removed by the products was done.
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Moses O. Bereiweriso
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