Mitigating oil spills in the water column

Barry, Edward; Libera, Joseph A.; Mane, Anil U.; Avila, Jason R.; DeVitis, David; Van Dyke, Keith; Elam, Jeffrey W.; Darling, Seth B.

doi:10.1039/C7EW00265C

Mitigating oil spills in the water column

Journal Article · Thu Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EW00265C· OSTI ID:1402048

Barry, Edward ^[1]; Libera, Joseph A. ^[1]; Mane, Anil U. ^[1]; Avila, Jason R. ^[1]; DeVitis, David ^[2]; Van Dyke, Keith ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility (Ohmsett), Leonardo, NJ (United States)

The scale and scope of uncontrolled oil spills can be devastating. Diverse marine environments and fragile ecologies are some of the most susceptible to the many ill effects, while the economic costs can be crippling. A notoriously difficult challenge with no known technological solution is the successful removal of oil dispersed in the water column. Here, we address this problem through cheap and reusable oil sorbents based on the chemical modification of polymer foams. Interfacial chemistry was optimized and subsequently tested in a simulated marine environment at the National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility, Ohmsett. We find favorable performance for surface oil mitigation and, for the first time, demonstrate the advanced sorbent's efficiency and efficacy at pilot scale in extraction of crude oil and refined petroleum products dispersed in the water column. As a result, this is a potentially disruptive technology, opening a new field of environmental science focused on sub-surface pollutant sequestration.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1402048

Journal Information:: Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Vol. 2017; ISSN ESWRAR; ISSN 2053-1400

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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