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

International Conference on Materials Engineering and Applications

Costa, E.^1 ; Silva, A.^2 ; Mattedi, S.^1

Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Salvador, Brazil^1

Materials Science and Engineering Department, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Salvador, Brazil^2

关键词: Economic importance;    Environmental accidents;    Global economics;    Low costs;    Mitigating measures;    Natural adsorbents;    Oil sorption;    Sisal fibers;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/348/1/012006/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/348/1/012006

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

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.