A laboratory screening study on the use of solidifiers as a response tool to remove crude oil slicks on seawater.

摘要: The effectiveness of five solidifiers to remove Prudhoe Bay crude oil from artificial seawater in the laboratory was determined by UV-Vis and GC/MS. performance as a function solidifier-to-oil mass ratios (SOR), water volume surface area, contact time. An SOR 1:4 solidified 58% 84%. Under more severe test conditions (SOR 1:16) material with better 28% initially added water. percent free remaining on at end time same when measured either or Analyses performed using GC/MS revealed that solidification is not selective process; n-alkenes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons reacted similar rate for each solidifier. Infrared Spectroscopy used investigate functional groups materials received.