eprintid: 3076 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/30/76 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:51:20 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:51:20 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:44:55 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Ali, N. creators_name: El-Harbawi, M. creators_name: Jabal, A.A. creators_name: Yin, C.-Y. title: Characteristics and oil sorption effectiveness of kapok fibre, sugarcane bagasse and rice husks: Oil removal suitability matrix ispublished: pub keywords: Bagasse; Fibers; Field emission microscopes; Sorbents; Surface tension; X ray spectroscopy, Field emission scanning; Natural sorbents; Oil removal; Oil sorption; Oil-water; Oil-water system; Rice husk; sugarcane bagasse; Synthetic sorbents; Tension analysis; Used engine oil, Sorption, diesel fuel; petroleum, crude oil; diesel; enzyme activity; pollutant removal; sorption; stakeholder; sugar cane; surface tension; X-ray spectroscopy, absorption; article; biomass; field emission scanning electron microscopy; kapok; rice; sugarcane; surface tension note: cited By 124 abstract: The characteristics and water/oil sorption effectiveness of kapok fibre, sugarcane bagasse and rice husks have been compared. The three biomass types were subjected to field emission scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and surface tension analyses for liquid-air and oil-water systems were conducted. Both kapok fibre and sugarcane bagasse exhibit excellent oil sorption capabilities for diesel, crude, new engine and used engine oils as their oil sorption capacities all exceed 10g/g. The synthetic sorbent exhibits oil sorption capacities comparable with sugarcane bagasse, while rice husks exhibit the lowest oil sorption capacities among all the sorbents. Kapok fibre shows overwhelmingly high oil-to-water sorption (O/W) ratios ranging from 19.35 to 201.53 while sugarcane bagasse, rice husks and synthetic sorbent have significantly lower O/W ratios (0.76-2.69). This suggests that kapok fibre is a highly effective oil sorbent even in well-mixed oil-water media. An oil sorbent suitability matrix is proposed to aid stakeholders in evaluating customized oil removal usage of the natural sorbents. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. date: 2012 publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd. official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84859169252&doi=10.1080%2f09593330.2011.579185&partnerID=40&md5=833a44ca1dc12d3578a9d4ddd023dc3b id_number: 10.1080/09593330.2011.579185 full_text_status: none publication: Environmental Technology volume: 33 number: 4 pagerange: 481-486 refereed: TRUE issn: 09593330 citation: Ali, N. and El-Harbawi, M. and Jabal, A.A. and Yin, C.-Y. (2012) Characteristics and oil sorption effectiveness of kapok fibre, sugarcane bagasse and rice husks: Oil removal suitability matrix. Environmental Technology, 33 (4). pp. 481-486. ISSN 09593330