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Pumping with Modified Polyurethane Sponges: A Rapid Oil Spill Treatment Technology

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With the rapid development of the marine transportation and oil exploration industries, oil spill accidents, such as ship discharges and leakages from oil transport vessels and offshore drilling platforms, occur from time to time, turning oil spill pollution at sea into an increasingly serious problem. Therefore, developing a rapid and efficient oil spill pollution treatment is of great significance to protect the water environment. In this study, we used a simple dip-coating method to modify polydimethylsiloxane and nano-alumina onto a polyurethane sponge skeleton to prepare a super-oleophilic/super-hydrophobic porous adsorbent called Al2O3@PDMS/PU. The prepared Al2O3@PDMS/PU has a contact angle of 156.8° with water and can adsorb oil or organic solvents equivalent to 16–38 times its own weight. Based on the excellent super-oleophilic/super-hydrophobic properties of Al2O3@PDMS/PU, we designed an oil collection device that can continuously recover oil and organic solvents. Unlike the traditional oil recovery method, this device integrates the oil–water separation and oil recovery processes such that the adsorption capacity of the adsorbent is no longer limited by its own weight and volume. This device shows broad application prospects in emergencies, such as oil leakages from drilling platforms and organic solvent leakage.

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This work was supported by the Anhui Provincial Department of Education (Nos. KJ2020A0493 and 2021jyxm0861).

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Meng, Y., Zhou, X., Huang, Z. et al. Pumping with Modified Polyurethane Sponges: A Rapid Oil Spill Treatment Technology. Korean J. Chem. Eng. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-024-00140-2

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