Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal
Agricultural sorbents have received attention for their effectiveness in oil removal. In Malaysia, oil palm’s empty fruit bunch (EFB) spikelets are an abundant agricultural waste that provides a non-toxic, renewable resource of cellulosic materials. In this study, the effectiveness of EFB spikelets...
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| author | Puasa, Nurul Aini Ahmad, Siti Aqlima Zakaria, Nur Nadhirah Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi Abdul Khalil, Khalilah Azmi, Alyza Azzura Gomez-Fuentes, Claudio Merican, Faradina Zulkharnain, Azham Kok, Yih-Yih |
| author_facet | Puasa, Nurul Aini Ahmad, Siti Aqlima Zakaria, Nur Nadhirah Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi Abdul Khalil, Khalilah Azmi, Alyza Azzura Gomez-Fuentes, Claudio Merican, Faradina Zulkharnain, Azham Kok, Yih-Yih |
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| description | Agricultural sorbents have received attention for their effectiveness in oil removal. In Malaysia, oil palm’s empty fruit bunch (EFB) spikelets are an abundant agricultural waste that provides a non-toxic, renewable resource of cellulosic materials. In this study, the effectiveness of EFB spikelets to remove oil spills from seawater pollution in a filter system was investigated and the best optimisation approach for filtering conditions was determined. Experiments for oil spill clean-up were performed using a filter-based oil sorption system with a series of conditions such as temperature, time, packing density, and oil concentration to evaluate sorption capacity, oil and water absorbed efficiency. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterise the physicochemical properties of untreated and treated EFB fibres. Based on one-factor-at -a-time (OFAT) analysis conducted at 160 °C for 30 min on 0.1 g/cm3 of packing density containing 25% diesel, 8.667 mL of oil and 5 mL of water was absorbed. In response surface methodology (RSM), the three parameters of temperature, packing density and diesel concentration were observed as significant. From RSM fitting model analysis, the predicted value obtained for both oil and water absorbed were 8.805 and 5.213 mL, respectively. The experimental RSM values of 9 and 5 mL of oil and water absorbed were obtained. The result demonstrated the validity of the model as the experimental RSM values were close to the RSM model’s prediction. As compared to OFAT, the RSM method is more efficient in oil removal. This research contributes to a better knowledge of the usage of a natural sorbent as a method of diesel pollution remediation. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1025672024-03-12T09:12:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102567/ Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal Puasa, Nurul Aini Ahmad, Siti Aqlima Zakaria, Nur Nadhirah Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi Abdul Khalil, Khalilah Azmi, Alyza Azzura Gomez-Fuentes, Claudio Merican, Faradina Zulkharnain, Azham Kok, Yih-Yih Agricultural sorbents have received attention for their effectiveness in oil removal. In Malaysia, oil palm’s empty fruit bunch (EFB) spikelets are an abundant agricultural waste that provides a non-toxic, renewable resource of cellulosic materials. In this study, the effectiveness of EFB spikelets to remove oil spills from seawater pollution in a filter system was investigated and the best optimisation approach for filtering conditions was determined. Experiments for oil spill clean-up were performed using a filter-based oil sorption system with a series of conditions such as temperature, time, packing density, and oil concentration to evaluate sorption capacity, oil and water absorbed efficiency. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterise the physicochemical properties of untreated and treated EFB fibres. Based on one-factor-at -a-time (OFAT) analysis conducted at 160 °C for 30 min on 0.1 g/cm3 of packing density containing 25% diesel, 8.667 mL of oil and 5 mL of water was absorbed. In response surface methodology (RSM), the three parameters of temperature, packing density and diesel concentration were observed as significant. From RSM fitting model analysis, the predicted value obtained for both oil and water absorbed were 8.805 and 5.213 mL, respectively. The experimental RSM values of 9 and 5 mL of oil and water absorbed were obtained. The result demonstrated the validity of the model as the experimental RSM values were close to the RSM model’s prediction. As compared to OFAT, the RSM method is more efficient in oil removal. This research contributes to a better knowledge of the usage of a natural sorbent as a method of diesel pollution remediation. MDPI AG 2022-02 Article PeerReviewed Puasa, Nurul Aini and Ahmad, Siti Aqlima and Zakaria, Nur Nadhirah and Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi and Abdul Khalil, Khalilah and Azmi, Alyza Azzura and Gomez-Fuentes, Claudio and Merican, Faradina and Zulkharnain, Azham and Kok, Yih-Yih (2022) Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal. Agronomy, 12 (2). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2073-4395 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/535# 10.3390/agronomy12020535 |
| spellingShingle | Puasa, Nurul Aini Ahmad, Siti Aqlima Zakaria, Nur Nadhirah Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi Abdul Khalil, Khalilah Azmi, Alyza Azzura Gomez-Fuentes, Claudio Merican, Faradina Zulkharnain, Azham Kok, Yih-Yih Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal |
| title | Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal |
| title_full | Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal |
| title_fullStr | Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal |
| title_short | Utilisation of oil palm’s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil-spill removal |
| title_sort | utilisation of oil palm s empty fruit bunch spikelets for oil spill removal |
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