Absorbents for oil spills clean-up: A short review

摘要

Due to their environmental and economical Oil spills are becoming a global concern. Oil sorbents are one of the most used methods for remediation processes of oil spills. This short review investigates the use of various sorbents for oil spill clean-up. the absorbents represent: natural sorbents, mineral sorbent, synthetic sorbent, commercial sorbent. The absorption capacities, absorption capacity, absorption rate, Buoyancy measurements, and water absorption of the above materials were evaluated. Natural sorbents have high oil absorption capacity, and high absorption rates, their results exceed those of the commercial sorbent. synthetic sorbents showed promising results specially with heavy oil. It is recommended to investigating the recyclability of the different types of sorbents.