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Adsorption Kinetics and Capacity of Fatty Acid-Modified Banana Trunk Fibers for Oil in Water

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Oil spill leaves detrimental effects to environment, living organisms, and economy. As such, it is of considerable interest to find an effective, simple, and inexpensive method to treat this calamity. This work reports the use of banana trunk fibers (BTF) modified with oleic acid, stearic acid, castor oil, and palm oil for oil spill recovery. The maximum sorption capacity, effect of oil to water ratio, effect of light oil fractions, and effect of dissolved organic compounds in weathered oil-contaminated seawater were studied. It is found that BTF treated with oleic acid exhibited the best sorption capacity for engine oil, dissolved organic compounds in weathered oil, and light oil fractions. The equilibrium process was described well by the Freundlich isotherm model, and the kinetic studies show good correlation coefficients for a pseudo-second-order kinetic model.

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This study is partially funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) of Malaysia. The authors are also grateful to the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and the Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, for providing the facilities to carry out this research.

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    Kathiresan Sathasivam & Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris

  2. Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, 08000, Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia

    Kathiresan Sathasivam

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Sathasivam, K., Mas Haris, M.R.H. Adsorption Kinetics and Capacity of Fatty Acid-Modified Banana Trunk Fibers for Oil in Water. Water Air Soil Pollut 213, 413–423 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0395-z

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