2018 Volume 9 Issue 2 Special Issue
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Study on the Use of Natural Adsorbents for Oil Spill Removal


Shaghayegh Danehpash, Parvin Farshchi, Emad Roayaei, Jamal Ghoddousi, Amir Hesam Hassani
Abstract

Today, the removal of crude oil by using low-cost adsorbent is one of the most important challenges in the world. In this research, Expanded perlite and Natural zeolite have been used as a low cost adsorbent for the treatment of water pollution by petroleum compounds.The adsorption capacity of two different types of natural adsorbents was examined.Expanded perlite is a glassy volcanic rock of rhyolitic composition,usually contains  between  2 % and 6%water,and Natural zeolite which is widely used due to its abundance and low cost for the environment remediation.The maximum capacity removal of water pollutions by natural adsorbents at room temperature were found to be3.50 g/g and2.21 g/g for expanded perlite and natural zeolite ,respectively.The characteristics of the expanded perlite and natural zeolite were investigated by FT-IR and BET analyses.


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