Waste packaging polymeric foam for oil-water separation: An environmental remediation

Nowadays, its urgent need to develop and fabricate efficient, low cost, eco-friendly, oil-water separation methodologies especially for variety of polluted water in the environments. To deals with serious oil spills and industrial organic pollutants, here in we have developed a highly efficient oil-...

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Published in:	Data in brief Vol. 19; pp. 86 - 92
Main Authors:	Patil, Chandrashekhar S., Patil, Vaibhav R., Anbhule, Sanket N., Khilare, Chandrakant J., Kolekar, Govind B., Gore, Anil H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01-08-2018 Elsevier
Subjects:	Environmental remediation Environmental Science Oil-water separation Packaging foam Removal Waste Wastewater Removal Oil-water separation Environmental remediation Packaging foam Wastewater Waste
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Summary:	Nowadays, its urgent need to develop and fabricate efficient, low cost, eco-friendly, oil-water separation methodologies especially for variety of polluted water in the environments. To deals with serious oil spills and industrial organic pollutants, here in we have developed a highly efficient oil-water separation methodology by using waste material such as expanded polyethylene (EPE) polymeric foam which is most commonly used for packaging as a shock absorber and most abundantly available in the surroundings as waste. Oil-water separation setup was fabricated by using waste EPE polymeric foam without any pre-treatment. By simply scratching, special properties (wettability performance) such as hydrophobicity, leophilicity, and low water adhesion was imparted to the EPE polymeric foam. The different types of oil-water mixture used for the study and separation were achieved almost up to 78%. The oil absorption efficiency of the EPE polymeric foam was within range of 0.491–0.788 g/g. In addition to efficient oil-water separation, the modified EPE polymeric foam exhibited fast and continuous oil-water separation solely by gravity. The easy operation, chemical durability, and efficiency of the waste EPE polymeric foam give it high potential for use in industrial and consumer applications for large scale oil-water separation.
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ISSN:	2352-3409 2352-3409
DOI:	10.1016/j.dib.2018.05.033