US20140102987A1 - Plant based material useful in adsorbing petroleum products, processes for making these, and uses thereof - Google Patents

Plant based material useful in adsorbing petroleum products, processes for making these, and uses thereof Download PDF

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US20140102987A1
US20140102987A1 US13/893,653 US201313893653A US2014102987A1 US 20140102987 A1 US20140102987 A1 US 20140102987A1 US 201313893653 A US201313893653 A US 201313893653A US 2014102987 A1 US2014102987 A1 US 2014102987A1
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  • This invention relates to completely biodegradable, hydrophobic, oleophilic plant based materials which are useful in adsorption of crude oil, and other petroleum products, especially from spills in water. More particularly, it relates to plant particles (date palm tree particles, e.g.), which have had their normally hydrophilic surfaces modified by non-paraffin lipid materials, resulting in hydrophobic particles which are oleophilic and selectively adsorb oil and repel water.
  • Plant based materials are well known as oil adsorbing materials. Their efficacy, however, is hindered when the oil material to be adsorbed is combined with water.
  • the chemical composition of plant materials is such that they are hydrophilic, and will adsorb water more readily than petroleum products. Further, when these plant materials adsorb water, they become heavy and sink.
  • Banerjee et al. fatty acids are grafted onto plant materials, using H 2 SO 4 as the catalyst, whereas the invention, as will be seen herein, involves physical coating without the use of a grafting catalyst.
  • the preferred coating materials of Banerjee et al. are low molecular weight lipids which are liquid at room temperature, as compared to the preferred materials of the invention, which are animal fats and solid at room temperature. Also, Banerjee et al.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,492,881 to Diamond describes various products which can be sued to absorb hydrocarbon, such as oil. Cellulose materials are treated to render products hydrophobic and oleophilic. Options include the incorporation of microbes, a fire retardant, low ash content (1%), and incorporation of paraffin. Removal of spilled petroleum products using bacteria is an inherently slow process because of the biological reaction. Such is not a feature of the present invention.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,072,794 to Tomita et al. coats fibers with paraffin, and also includes latex in the composition. Latex is not biodegradable, in contrast to the invention described herein.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,172,039 to Akiyama describes use of coir dust, i.e., material from coconut fruit.
  • Coir dust has different porosity from the materials of the invention.
  • the difference in composition requires the use of a containment means in using the coir based product, in contrast to the invention described herein.
  • the invention relates to plant materials, coated directly with lipid materials, to render them hydrophobic, and useful as adsorbents for oil and petroleum products, both in the presence of water, and when “dry.”
  • the present invention utilizes inexpensive materials, e.g., trimmings or other waste materials, from plant sources.
  • the plant source is the date palm tree.
  • the trunks of date palm trees are composed of large amounts of lignocellulose, which is itself composed of lignin, cellulose, and hemi-celluloses.
  • the building blocks of lignin are phenyl propanoid units, while hexoses and pentoses make up cellulose and hemi-cellulose.
  • the biopolymers have strong affinity for water molecules. When water attaches to these polymers via hydrogen bonding, the materials become very poor adsorbents for oil and other petroleum products.
  • the particles of the invention are made from plant materials, preferably date palm tree derived materials, e.g., trimmings or other waste products from the tree. These trimmings are referred to by one author as “petiole” or as “karab” in Arabic. See Agoudjil, et al., Energy and Buildings, 43:491-497 (2011), incorporated by reference. Alternatively, one may refer to the petioles of the tree; Material from the trunk are also preferred, although “karab” will be exemplified herein.
  • the karab is gathered, it is treated to remove any moisture therefrom. Preferably, this is done by drying the material in an oven at a temperature sufficient to drive off the water, but insufficient to damage or to char the lignocellulose. Once dried, the material is treated to yield particles of the desired size. These may range from about 0.1 to about 10 mm; however, it has been found that producing particles with an average diameter of less than 1 mm greatly increases the cost of manufacture, while also increasing the available surface area for oil adsorption. In balancing cost and surface area for adsorption, diameters of from 1-5 mm are preferred.
  • the particle compositions contain from about 10% to about 30% ash.
  • the size of the particles is important because by decreasing the average diameter, the surface area of a given sample of particles increases, which facilitates oil uptake capacity.
  • ⁇ is fluid density
  • ⁇ is surface tension of the fluid
  • ⁇ is the contact angle between the particle surface and the fluid
  • r is the capillary radius of the pore.
  • solvent extracted lipids is preferred, because when long chain, molecules, which are semi-solid in nature are used, even in pure, dissolved form, the process of coating the particles can result in non-homogeneous, non-uniform products, resulting from the uneven process of solidification during the coating.
  • an advantage of using solvent extraction is the ability to control the removal of the solvent, with pure uniform application of the extracted lipids.
  • the raw fat used may be any available animal fat. Bovine, ovine, and other source animals may be used.
  • Animal fat was used as the source of the materials used to coat the particles.
  • Samples of the animal fat were placed in the thimbles of two different Soxhlet extractors with two different solvents and two parallel extractions were carried out.
  • To elaborate i.e., either hexane or petroleum ether, was placed in a still pot of a Soxhlet setup, in a manner well known to one of ordinary skill in the art. This resulted in selected extraction of lipids from the solid animal fat, into the liquid solvents. This was continued for different lengths of time (up to four hours) to obtain saturated solutions for optimum coating.
  • Solvents into which fats were dissolved were separated from the two different (parallel) Soxhlet extractions, and portions of the particulate trimmings were mixed together with each of the solvents in two different Rotavap vessels. Sufficient solvent was used to completely submerge the particles in two separate rotary evaporators (Rotavap) device. The materials were mixed this way so that particles could be uniformly coated, with the condenser of the device operating at a start temperature below that of the boiling point of the solvent so as to avoid premature vaporization.
  • the resulting coated particles were hydrophobic, which was shown by placing 3 g of coated particles, and 3 g of uncoated particles, in separate, equal portions of water. After ten minutes, the uncoated particles had adsorbed the water, while the coated particles did not. Also, they remained afloat with minimal or no adsorption of water. Similar tests were carried out with stirring of the water for five minutes. The results were promising. Similar experiments were carried out for overnight in stagnant water to test water repellency. These tests also showed very encouraging results.
  • the plant material particles preferably have a diameter of from about 1 mm to about 5 mm, and are preferably from date palm trees.
  • the petiole or karab of the date palm tree is the preferred source of the particles, but material such as waste from the tree trunks may also be used.
  • the lipids used to coat the particles are obtained by dissolving animal fats into a solvent, such as petroleum ether. While pure, liquid lipids may be used, it is preferred to use lipids dissolved in a solvent because, upon evaporation of the solvent, the lipids coat the particles more completely and evenly than pure lipids do.
  • a solvent such as petroleum ether.
  • the lipids When the lipids are obtained from dissolved animal fats, the resulting product will not be a “pure” lipid, but a mixture of different triglycerides.
  • a triglyceride always contain a glycerol moiety, having bound there to three fatty acid molecules. These molecules may be the same, or different.
  • Fatty acid composition of different animal fats are well known, as evidenced by, e.g., Hilditch, et al, “Sheep Body Fats,” (1941), incorporated by reference.
  • the fatty acids are saturated, and unsaturated hexadecanoic and octadecanoic acids, such as palmitic, oleic, stearic, and linoleic acids.
  • the compositions will vary from animal to animal, but the triglyceride molecules will generally contain at least 50 and preferably at least 55 carbon atoms. Also see Weber, et al, Fuel 94: 262-269 (2012), incorporated by reference.
  • containment means are not required; rather they serve as a convenience to the user.
  • containment means are not required; rather they serve as a convenience to the user.
  • the distinction is important because other plant based materials, due to their porosity and other facts must be placed in containment means, as they are not buoyant.

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