Oil spill cleanup: A review

Varinder Kaur 1, Sukhdeep Kaur 2, *, Samriti Vaid 1, Yashmeen Dhaliwal 1, Sheetal 3, Sombir 3, Ramneek Singh Slaich 4 and Deepika Verma 1

1 Department of Apparel and Textile Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India.
2 Department of Electronics Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India.
3 Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India.
4 Department of Architecture, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India.
 
Review
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2024, 12(02), 2737–2754.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2024.12.2.1472
Publication history: 
Received on 01 July 2024; revised on 20 August 2024; accepted on 23 August 2024
 
Abstract: 
Oil is a vital source of energy in the modern industrial world. It has to be transported from the production source to many locations throughout the world via oceans and inland transport. Oil spillage over the water bodies happens during transit due to accidents or deliberate action during wartime, causing environmental degradation. Fiber based sorbents have been found to be the finest material for cleaning up oil spills. The material and structure of the sorbents, as well as the physical properties of the oil, impact the sorbents' oil sorption and retention behaviour. This review paper studies the various oil spill cleanage methods with a special emphasis on oil sorption technique using fibers as biosorbent material. In addition to the available sorbents viz cotton, wool, milkweed floss, kenaf, kapok, sugarcane bagasse etc, the use of bamboo fibre has been suggested as a supreme sorbent.
 
Keywords: 
Clean up; Oil spill; Fiber; Sorbent; Sorption
 
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