Evaluation of ionic liquid treated sisal (agave sisalana) fiber as sorbent in biodiesel spill

The global economic development continually demands the use of energy resources, among which various types of oils are widely used. Despite their undeniable economic importance, environmental accidents with these occur frequently. Thus, the search for efficient and low-cost mitigating measures is re...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 348; no. 1; pp. 12006 - 12011
Main Authors Costa, E, Silva, A, Mattedi, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.04.2018
Subjects
Biodiesel fuels
Chemical treatment
Economic development
Energy consumption
Energy sources
Ionic liquids
Ions
Low cost
Selectivity
Sisal
Sorbents
Surface treatment
Vegetable fibers
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Summary:The global economic development continually demands the use of energy resources, among which various types of oils are widely used. Despite their undeniable economic importance, environmental accidents with these occur frequently. Thus, the search for efficient and low-cost mitigating measures is recurrent. In this context, techniques that use natural adsorbents, such as vegetable fibers, have been studied, since they combine efficiency, selectivity, low cost and sustainability. Studies have been carried out using various types of fibers, natural or chemically treated. The interest in treating the fiber lies in the fact that, changing the chemical structure of the fiber, its oil sorption capacity is increased. Due to the offered advantages, an alternative and promising type of surface treatment using ionic liquids was performed, to the detriment of traditional treatments. Thus, the technical feasibility of the use of sisal fiber treated with ionic liquid for adsorption of biodiesel was studied.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/348/1/012006