NDLI: Development of a testing protocol for oil solidifier effectiveness evaluation

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Author	Sundaravadivelu, Devi Suidan, Makram T. Vesa, Albert D. Rosales, Pablo I. Campo More, Pablo Conmy, Robyn N.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Chemical countermeasures for oil spill remediation have to be evaluated and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before they may be used to remove or control oil discharges. Solidifiers are chemical agents that change oil from a liquid to a solid by immobilizing the oil and bonding the liquid into a solid carpet-like mass with minimal volume increase. Currently, they are listed as Miscellaneous Oil Spill Control Agent in the National Contingency Plan and there is no protocol for evaluating their effectiveness. An investigation was conducted to test the oil removal efficiency of solidifiers using three newly developed testing protocols. The protocols were qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated to determine if they can satisfactorily differentiate effective and mediocre products while still accounting for experimental error. The repeatability of the three protocols was 15.9, 5.1, and 2.7 %. The protocol with the best performance involved measuring the amount of free oil remaining in the water after the solidified product was removed using an ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometer and it was adopted to study the effect of solidifier-to-oil mass ratio, mixing energy, salinity, and beaker size (i.e., area affected by the spill) on solidifier efficiency. Analysis of Variances were performed on the data collected and results indicated that the beaker size increased spreading, which reduced removal efficiency. Mixing speed appears to impart a ceiling effect with no additional benefit provided by the highest level over the middle level. Salinity was found to be mostly an insignificant factor on performance.
Starting Page	1141
Ending Page	1150
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1618954X
Journal	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	16189558
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-02-04
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Oil spill Oil solidifier Crude Oil Salinity Protocol Effectiveness Sustainable Development Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Industrial and Production Engineering Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Environmental Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Environmental Engineering Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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