Use of magnetic carbon composites from renewable resource materials for oil spill clean up and recovery

Viswanathan, Tito

Use of magnetic carbon composites from renewable resource materials for oil spill clean up and recovery

Patent · 11 February 2014

OSTI ID:1124091

Viswanathan, Tito

A method for separating a liquid hydrocarbon material from a body of water. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of mixing a plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites with a liquid hydrocarbon material dispersed in a body of water to allow the plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each to be adhered by an amount of the liquid hydrocarbon material to form a mixture, applying a magnetic force to the mixture to attract the plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each adhered by an amount of the liquid hydrocarbon material, and removing said plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites each adhered by an amount of the liquid hydrocarbon material from said body of water while maintaining the applied magnetic force, wherein the plurality of magnetic carbon-metal nanocomposites is formed by subjecting one or more metal lignosulfonates or metal salts to microwave radiation, in presence of lignin/derivatives either in presence of alkali or a microwave absorbing material.

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Research Organization:: University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Assignee:: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)

Patent Number(s):: 8,647,512

Application Number:: 12/751,185

OSTI ID:: 1124091

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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