Executive Summary A series of experiments were performed in a small but full-scale CDS device to determine its ability to remove free oil and grease from polluted waters using sorbents. Nine experiments were performed using five different sorbents. One control experiment was performed without a sorbent. The sorbents were allowed to float on the surface of the separation chamber of the CDS devic...

For identification of CO2 – extracts of spices (black pepper, nutmeg and coriander) were used a multisensor system consist of 7 quarts crystal resonators modified by different sorbents. As possible sorbents for piezosensors modification fullerene, apiezon L, proksanol 268, polymethylphenylsilicon, triton X – 305, 18−crown−6, polyvinylpyrrolidone were investigated. Presentation of multivariable ...

the application of organic sorbents for removing heavy metal from water, replacing expensive sorbents, is particularly appropriate for developing countries. to investigate the efficiency of some organic sorbents in removing of cd2+ from aqueous solution, an experiment was conducted with three organic sorbents (sunflower stalks, apple and grapevine pruning residues) and 11 initial concentration ...

Binary Cu-Cr-O and Cu-Ce-O oxides were studied in this work as regenerable sorbents for high-temperature fuel gas desulfurization. CuO-Cr2O3 and CuO-CeO2 sorbents can remove H2S from simulated coal-derived fuel gas to less than 5-10 ppmv in the temperature range of 650-850 °C. The presence of stable CuCr2O4 in CuO-Cr2O3 solids retains some copper in the Cu2+ or Cu1+ oxidation state, which can a...

Oil is one of the important sources of energy in the modern industrial world. It has to be transported from the source of production to many places across the globe through oceans and inland transport. During transportation the chance of oil spillage over the water body occurs due to accidents or by deliberate action during war time and this causes environmental pollution. Sorbents made from st...

In this work a series of solid sorbents were synthesized by immobilizing liquid amines on the surface of a mesoporous alumina. The samples were chemically characterized and BET surface areas calculated from the N2 adsorption isotherms at 77 K. The CO2 capture performance of the sorbents and their thermal stability was studied by thermogravimetric methods. The effect of amine loading on the CO2 ...

An extensive series of studies was performed at the Energy & Environmental Research Center with mercury (Hgo) sorbents in a thin bed using combinations of various flue gas constituents. This work determined that all the sorbents exhibited breakthrough in about I hour in the full flue gas mixture, and the mercury emitted after breakthrough is an oxidized mercury species. Trapping of the oxidized...

Developing next-generation solid sorbents to improve the economy of pre- and post-combustion carbon capture processes has been challenging for many researchers. Magnesium oxide (MgO) is a promising sorbent because of its moderate sorption-desorption temperature and low heat of sorption. However, its low sorption capacity and thermal instability need to be improved. Various metal-promoted MgO so...

We describe the synthesis and characterization of high-performance, superparamagnetic, iron oxide nanoparticle-based, heavy metal sorbents, which demonstrate excellent affinity for the separation of heavy metals in contaminated water systems (i.e., spiked Columbia River water). The magnetic nanoparticle sorbents were prepared from an easy-to-synthesize iron oxide precursor, followed by a simple...

The dry treatment of flue gas produced by incineration processes is discussed thermodynamically. The study investigates the theoretical limits achieved by sodium and calcium based sorbents in the removal of the pollutant species HCl, NOx and SO2. Calculations were performed varying the temperature and the molar ratio between the amount of the injected alkaline sorbent and the content of the pol...