Journal Published Online: 10 October 2014
Volume 43, Issue 6

Standardization of Oil Sorbent Performance Testing

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

Millions of barrels of petroleum and its products are transported across the globe every day. The hazard of oil spills is a looming threat that can lead not only to the loss of valuable products, but also seriously damage the environment and ecosystems. There are various ways of combating oil spills one of which is the use of sorbents. The ASTM F716-09 and ASTM F726-12 standards have been developed for absorbent/adsorbent performance and uptake capacity testing. However, most researchers do not use the procedures proposed by the ASTM when reporting their findings. Currently, the majority of the manuscripts published on oil sorbent testing do not use any uniform standard. Herein, we argue that the ASTM standards have some shortcomings that make them unattractive for researchers to use. These problems are discussed and possible solutions are proposed for more homogeneous and accurate reporting of results.

Author Information

Bazargan, Alireza
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, HK Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, GB
Tan, Jun
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, HK
McKay, Gordon
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, HK
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Stock #: JTE20140227
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE20140227