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Scaling sorbent materials for real oil-sorbing applications and environmental disasters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

Andrew Patalano ,
Fabian Villalobos ,
Pedro Pena ,
Evan Jauregui ,
Cengiz Ozkan Open the ORCID record for Cengiz Ozkan [Opens in a new window]  and
Mihri Ozkan
Andrew Patalano*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Fabian Villalobos
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Pedro Pena
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Evan Jauregui
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Cengiz Ozkan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Mihri Ozkan
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
*
a)Address all correspondence to Andrew Patalano at apata004@ucr.edu
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Abstract

There are few feasible options for sorbents, which can be quickly manufactured and deployed in the event of a major oil spill and so every oil spill is an ecological disaster. This paper aims to provide an understanding of what a realistic, full-scale crude oil spill solution would look like based on the performance of the best sorbents currently available, their costs, and their advantages.

Adsorbent materials or “sorbents” described here have been a recent target for research toward applications in environmental cleanup, remediation, and hazardous material containment. These materials contain many compositions, syntheses, and practical manufacturing parameters that make most of them practically and logistically unfit to tackle quantities much larger than a single barrel of oil. Different properties of crude oil and nonpolar materials, such as their viscosity, density, and weathering, can also make these materials seem attractive on a lab scale but underperform in field testing and in practical applications. This review addresses the challenges, advantages, and disadvantages of different technical applications of the superior sorbent materials and material types in the literature. In addition, we discuss the different costs and manufacturing challenges of sorbent materials in real oil spills and what a feasible containment sorbent material might look like.

Keywords

environmentporosityadsorption
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Review Article
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MRS Energy & Sustainability , Volume 6 , 2019 , E3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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