Date of Award
Fall 1975
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
First Advisor
Crandall, Clifford
Second Advisor
Zanoni, Alphonse E.
Abstract
Materials that float, absorb oil, reject water and promote easy handling provide one of the most favorable approaches to the problem of removing spilled oil from the surface of water. This investigation discusses the existent laboratory procedures of various researchers for sorbent comparison; it also unifies them for utilization as initial phases of more extensive tests. The variables of temperature and sorbent/oil mixing are observed in the extended tests and the laboratory method associated with them is proposed as a test standard. Data generated from the complete analysis are compared to show different sorbent performance under controlled conditions. Results of this study relate oil spill sorbent performance and the meaning such knowledge provides.
Recommended Citation
Barry, Paul M., "An Extended Procedure for Evaluating Oil Sorbent Materials" (1975). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 3910.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/3910