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