Research Article
Assessment of Performance of Posidona oceanica (L.) as Biosorbent for Crude Oil-Spill Cleanup in Seawater
Table 5
Comparison of oil sorption capacities from this study and other oil-sorbing fibers.
| Sorbing material | Type of oil | Sorption capacity (g/g) | Reference |
| Raw cotton fiber | Crude oil | 30.5 | [13] |
| Raw kapok fiber | Diesel | 38.1 | [37] | Soybean oil | 49.1 |
| Silkworm cocoon waste | Motor oil | 42–52 | [45] | Vegetable oil | 37–60 | Natural wood fibers | Motor oil | 20 | Vegetable oil | 16 |
| Sisal | Crude heavy oil | 6.4 | [46] | Leaves residue | 2.7 | Saw dust | 6.4 | Coir fiber | 5.4 | Sponge gourd | 4.6 | Silk-floss fiber | 84.6 |
| Barley straw | 1-day weathered oil | 11.2 | [5] | 7-day weathered oil | 12.2 | Gas oil | 7.8 |
| Wheat Straw | Pure crude oil | 2.82 | [47] | Crude oil on freshwater | 4.36 | Crude oil on seawater | 4.08 | Pure diesel | 2.77 | Diesel on freshwatr | 3.17 | Diesel on seawater | 2.76 |
| Bagasse | Heavy crude oil | 5.3 | [48] | Light crude oil | 3.3 | Rice hull | Heavy crude oil | 5.15 | Light crude oil | 3.80 |
| Banana peel | Gas oil | 5.31 | [2] | 1day weathered crude oil | 6.35 | 7day weathered crude oil | 6.63 |
| Milled PO fibers | Pure crude oil | 14 | This study | Oil/water | 12.80 | Raw PO fibers | Pure crude oil | 5.32 | Oil/water | 4.74 |
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