SBIR(RAPID):Super-Oleophilic Absorbent for Efficient Oil Contamination Clean-up

开发新型超亲油吸附剂，可用于快速有效地捕获石油和碳氢化合物废物，将用于补救石油泄漏。这些材料具有比目前使用的吸收剂显著更低的干重的更大的油固定能力，并且可以被制造成可以容易地集成到现有的油清洁基础设施中的装置。所提出的吸收剂在捕集油之后再利用的能力提供了优于当前单次使用的吸收剂的显著优点。这项技术的研究和开发结果将产生一种优化的、具有成本竞争力的吸收剂，可以在实际环境中进行现场部署，用于功能评估。拟议技术的广泛影响将对溢油清理工作的效率和功效产生重大影响。预计这些材料将为泄漏环境中遇到的各种不同的油、煤油和汽油产品提供优化的解决方案。新材料和工艺的成功实施将改善商业上可行的石油产品的回收，并减少清理过程中产生的固体废物量。这些显著的性能优势将有助于快速进入吸油产品的商业市场。对制造成本的估计表明，可以制造与用于这些应用的现有材料相比具有成本竞争力的装置。

The development of novel super oleophilic absorbents that can be used for rapid and efficient capture of oil and hydrocarbon wastes will be used to remediate the oil spill. These materials have greater oil immobilization capacity with significantly lower dry weight than currently used absorbents and can be fabricated into devices that can be readily integrated into existing oil clean-up infrastructure. The ability to re-use the proposed absorbents following oil capture provides a significant advantage over current single-use absorbents. The results of the research and development of this technology will result in an optimized, cost competitive absorbent that can be field deployed for functional assessment in real-world environments.The broader impact of the proposed technology will have significant impact on the efficiency and efficacy of oil spill clean-up efforts. It is anticipated that these materials will provide an optimized solution for a broad range of different oils, kerosene and gasoline products encountered in spill environments. Successful implementation of the novel materials and processes will lead to improved recovery of commercially viable oil products and diminish the amount of solid waste generated during the clean-up process. These significant performance advantages will facilitate rapid competitive entry into the commercial markets for oil absorbent products. Estimates of the manufacturing costs indicate that devices could be manufactured to be cost competitive with currently existing materials used for these applications.