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Rice straw, an agricultural waste product generated in huge quantities worldwide, is utilized to remediate diesel pollution as it possesses excellent characteristics as a natural sorbent. This study aimed to optimize factors that significantly influence the sorption capacity and the efficiency of oil absorption from diesel-polluted seawater by rice straw (RS). Spectroscopic analysis by attenuated total reflectance infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy and surface morphology characterization by variable pressure scanning electron microscopy (VPSEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) were carried out in order to understand the sorbent capability. Optimization of the factors of temperature pre-treatment of RS (90, 100, 110, 120, 130 or 140 °C), time of heating (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 min), packing density (0.08, 0.10, 0.12, 0.14 or 0.16 g cm−3) and oil concentration (5, 10, 15, 20 or 25% (v/v)) was carried out using the conventional one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) approach. To eliminate any non-significant factors, a Plackett–Burman design (PBD) in the response surface methodology (RSM) was used. A central composite design (CCD) was used to identify the presence of significant interactions between factors. The quadratic model produced provided a very good fit to the data (R2 = 0.9652). The optimized conditions generated from the CCD were 120 °C, 10 min, 0.148 g cm−3 and 25% (v/v), and these conditions enhanced oil sorption capacity from 19.6 (OFAT) to 26 mL of diesel oil, a finding verified experimentally. This study provides an improved understanding of the use of a natural sorbent as an approach to remediate diesel pollution.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences Institute of Plantation Studies Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products |
DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.3390/w13233317 |
Publisher: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
Keywords: | Rice straw; Sorption capacity; Oil absorption efficiency; Morphology; Spectroscopic analysis; One-Factor-At-A-Time (OFAT); Response Surface Methodology (RSM) |
Depositing User: | Ms. Che Wa Zakaria |
Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2023 03:05 |
Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2023 03:05 |
Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.3390/w13233317 |
URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94976 |
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