Sol-gel derived flexible silica aerogel as selective adsorbent for water decontamination from crude oil
Sol-gel derived flexible silica aerogel as selective adsorbent for water decontamination from crude oil
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DOI：
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.012
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
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5.8
通讯作者：
Mohebbi, A.
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作者：
Mahani, A. Abolghasemi;Motahari, S.;Mohebbi, A.
Oil spills are the most important threat to the sea ecosystem. The present study is an attempt to investigate the effects of sol-gel parameters on seawater decontamination from crude oil by use of flexible silica aerogel. To this goal, methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) based silica aerogels were prepared by two-step acid-base catalyzed solgel process, involving ambient pressure drying (APD) method. To investigate the effects of sol-gel parameters, the aerogels were prepared under two different acidic and basic pH values (i.e. 4 and 8) and varied ethanol/MTMS molar ratios from 5 to 15. The adsorption capacity of the prepared aerogels was evaluated for two heavy and light commercial crude oils under multiple adsorption-desorption cycles. To reduce process time, desorption cycles were carried out by using roll milling for the first time. At optimum condition, silica aerogels are able to uptake heavy and light crude oils with the order of 16.7 and 13.7, respectively.
