Hydrophobic cellulose aerogel from waste napkin paper for oil sorption applications
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Amaret Sanguanwong
, Prasert Pavasant
und Chattip Prommuak
Abstract
This study is the first, to the best of our knowledge, where waste napkin paper was successfully valorized to low-density (27.2 mg cm−3) cellulose aerogels for oil sorption material. Two simple methods with different gel coagulators, ethanol and sulfuric acid, were used for preparation of the aerogel. Conditions for the alkaline treatment of the raw material and the pre-freezing temperature in the lyophilization process were optimized. It was found that the water and oil sorption capacities of the aerogels were not significantly affected by alkaline treatment, while they could be adjusted by changing the pre-freezing temperature. Although the produced aerogels were initially amphiphilic, hydrophobic surfaces were obtained by vapor deposition of methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) and these materials possessed high sorption capacities, up to 32.24 cm3 g−1 (28.56 g g−1) for pump oil and 26.77 cm3 g−1 (39.59 g g−1) for chloroform. This was comparable to aerogels prepared from fresh cellulosic materials via the sol-gel method, as their sorption capacities varied in the range of 14–45 g g−1.
Funding statement: This work was supported by Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC).
Acknowledgments
Instrumental support from the Frontier Research Center at VISTEC and Institute of Materials Science of Madrid of Spanish National Research Council (ICMM-CSIS) are acknowledged.
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Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Review paper
- On the development of the refiner mechanical pulping process – a review
- Bleaching
- Oxalate formation during ClO2 bleaching of bamboo kraft pulp
- Mechanical pulping
- Defibration mechanisms and energy consumption in the grinding zone – a lab scale equipment and method to evaluate groundwood pulping tools
- Paper technology
- Insight into fractionation performance of American old corrugated containers pulp in pressure screening
- Comprehensive utilization of Ganoderma lucidum residues in papermaking
- Effect of turbulence generator structures to the performance of medium-consistency pump at high rotation speed excesses 2000 rpm
- Mechanical properties of low-density paper
- Determination of relative solids concentration in homogeneous dual component pulp-filler suspension by multi-spectrophotometer
- Paper physics
- Surface characterization of paper and paperboard using a stylus contact method
- Paper chemistry
- Filler modified by a sequential encapsulation and preflocculation method and its effect on paper properties
- Significant contribution of fibrils on pulp fiber surface to water retention value
- Impregnation of paper with cellulose nanofibrils and polyvinyl alcohol to enhance durability
- Printing
- Vibration measurements of paper prints and the data analysis
- Predicting inkjet dot spreading and print through from liquid penetration- and picoliter contact angle measurement
- Environmental impact
- Hydrophobic cellulose aerogel from waste napkin paper for oil sorption applications
- A comparative study of an anaerobic-oxic (AO) system and a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) in coating wastewater treatment and their microbial communities
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgment
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Review paper
- On the development of the refiner mechanical pulping process – a review
- Bleaching
- Oxalate formation during ClO2 bleaching of bamboo kraft pulp
- Mechanical pulping
- Defibration mechanisms and energy consumption in the grinding zone – a lab scale equipment and method to evaluate groundwood pulping tools
- Paper technology
- Insight into fractionation performance of American old corrugated containers pulp in pressure screening
- Comprehensive utilization of Ganoderma lucidum residues in papermaking
- Effect of turbulence generator structures to the performance of medium-consistency pump at high rotation speed excesses 2000 rpm
- Mechanical properties of low-density paper
- Determination of relative solids concentration in homogeneous dual component pulp-filler suspension by multi-spectrophotometer
- Paper physics
- Surface characterization of paper and paperboard using a stylus contact method
- Paper chemistry
- Filler modified by a sequential encapsulation and preflocculation method and its effect on paper properties
- Significant contribution of fibrils on pulp fiber surface to water retention value
- Impregnation of paper with cellulose nanofibrils and polyvinyl alcohol to enhance durability
- Printing
- Vibration measurements of paper prints and the data analysis
- Predicting inkjet dot spreading and print through from liquid penetration- and picoliter contact angle measurement
- Environmental impact
- Hydrophobic cellulose aerogel from waste napkin paper for oil sorption applications
- A comparative study of an anaerobic-oxic (AO) system and a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) in coating wastewater treatment and their microbial communities
- Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgment