The prospects of using fallen leaves for the clean-up of oil spills

Authors

  • Максим Леонидович Сорока Dnepropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport Lazaryan 2, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49010, Ukraine
  • Лариса Александровна Ярышкина Dnepropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport Lazaryan 2, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49010, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.9224

Keywords:

oil, sorbent, spill, clean-up, waste, fallen leaves of trees, sorption capacity, organic solvent.

Abstract

This paper focuses on problems of the implementation of oil spill clean-up technology. This type technology is оften not effective because the sorbents are inaccessibly in the area of oil spill containment at the time. To solve the problem the authors propose the concept of using the waste of local industry as oil sorbent. The aim of this study is to highlight the possibility of using fallen leaves as a sorbent to clean-up the spill of oil and organic solvent. The laboratory experiments demonstrated that the sorbent based on fallen leaves showed good sorption properties and could be a viable alternative to traditional commercially synthetic sorbtion materials. Environment humidity is a limiting factor to the use efficiency of the fallen leaves. We concluded that the fallen leaves of trees should be used to create a local strategic sorbents reserve for the prompt organization of activities to clean-up oil spills.

Author Biographies

Максим Леонидович Сорока, Dnepropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport Lazaryan 2, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49010

Master of environmental protection science, Research assistant

Specialized research laboratory “Environmental protection in railway transport”

Лариса Александровна Ярышкина, Dnepropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport Lazaryan 2, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49010

Professor

Department of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering

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Published

2013-02-05

How to Cite

Сорока, М. Л., & Ярышкина, Л. А. (2013). The prospects of using fallen leaves for the clean-up of oil spills. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 1(6(61), 37–41. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.9224

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 6(61) (2013): Technologies of organic and inorganic substances

Section

Ecology

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