The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation

Soner KIZIL (Üsküdar Üniversitesi, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, İstanbul, Türkiye)
Environmental Research & Technology
5 1
Yıl: 2023 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 279 - 287 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.35208/ert.1249400 İndeks Tarihi: 14-12-2023

The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation

Öz:
During the pandemic period, people have used various personal protective equipment including gloves, face mask and face shields. Among them, disposable face mask plays a critical role to control the spread of COVID-19. Hence, there is an urgent need to evaluate and suspend such waste materials from environment. Herein, we have investigated the potential use of disposable face mask as oil sorbent material for efficient oil/water separation due to their hydrophobic/oleophilic characteristics. Some structural characterization techniques are employed to examine the face mask. A number of tests including absorbency, oil/water separation stability in oils and waters, selective removal of oils in different water medium have been systematically investigated. The outcomes show that waste face mask have great potential in the field of oil-water separation that achieve selectively separate the oil from oily wastewater.
Anahtar Kelime: Absorbent disposable face mask oil/water seperation Covid-19

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık
  • [1] D. Taylor, A. C. Lindsay, and J. P. Halcox, “Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1,” New England Journal of Medi- cine, Vol. 382(16), pp. 1564–1567, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [2] O. O. Fadare, and E. D. Okoffo, “Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment,” Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 737, Article 140279–140282, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [3] S. Sangkham, “Face mask and medical waste dispos- al during the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Asia,” Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engi- neering, Vol. 2, pp. 100052–100060, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [4] N. U. Benson, D. E. Bassey, and T. Palanisami, “COVID pollution: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global plastic waste footprint,” Heliyon, Vol. 7(2), pp. e06343–e06351, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [5] K. I. Olatayo, P. T. Mativenga, and A. L. Marnewick, “COVID-19 PPE plastic material flows and waste management: Quantification and implications for South Africa,” Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 790, pp. 148190–148202, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [6] C.S.G. Penteado, and M.A.S. de Castro, “Covid-19 effects on municipal solid waste management: What can effectively be done in the Brazilian scenario?”, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 164, pp. 105152–105160, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [7] M. R. J. Rakib, G. E. De-la-Torre, C. I. Pizarro-Orte- ga, D. C. Dioses-Salinas, and S. Al-Nahian, “Person- al protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox’s Bazar, the longest natural beach in the World,” Marine Pollution Bulle- tin, Vol. 169, Article 112497–112503, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [8] J. Fernández-Arribas, T. Moreno, R. Bartrolí, and E. Eljarrat, “COVID-19 face masks: A new source of human and environmental exposure to organophos- phate esters,” Environment International, Vol. 154, pp. 106654–106661, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [9] J. Ammendolia, J. Saturno, A. L. Brooks, S. Ja- cobs, and J. R. Jambeck, “An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) de- bris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city,” Environmental Pollution, Vol. 269, pp. 116160– 116169, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [10] T. A. Aragaw, “Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario,” Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 159, pp. 111517–111523, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [11] X. Chen, X. Chen, Q. Liu, Q. Zhao, X. Xiong, and C. Wu, “Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment,” Envi- ronmental Pollution, Vol. 285, pp. 117485–117490, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [12] G. L. Sullivan, J. Delgado-Gallardo, T. M. Watson, and S. Sarp, “An investigation into the leaching of micro and nano particles and chemical pollut- ants from disposable face masks - linked to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Water Research, Vol. 196, pp. 117033–117043, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [13] M. Ardusso, A. D. Forero-López, N. S. Buzzi, C. V. Spetter, M. D. Fernández-Severini, “COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on plastic and antiviral polymeric textile causing pollution on beaches and coasts of South America,” Science of the To- tal Environment, Vol. 763, pp. 144365–144376, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [14] Mckinsy. “When will the COVID-19 pandem- ic end?” https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/ healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/ when-will-the-covid-19-pandemic-end Accessed on Nov 09, 2023.
  • [15] R. Maderuelo-Sanz, P. Acedo-Fuentes, F. J. García-Cobos, F. J. Sánchez-Delgado, M. I. Mo- ta-López, and J. M. Meneses-Rodríguez, “The re- cycling of surgical face masks as sound porous absorbers: Preliminary evaluation,” Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 786 pp. 147461–147469, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [16] S. K. Lynch, M. Saberian, J. Li, R. Roychand, and G. Zhang, “Preliminary evaluation of the feasibility of using polypropylene fibres from COVID-19 sin- gle-use face masks to improve the mechanical prop- erties of concrete,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 296, pp. 126460–126467, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [17] M. Saberian, J. Li, S. K. Lynch, and M. Borouje- ni, “Repurposing of COVID-19 single-use face masks for pavements base/subbase,” Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 769, pp. 145527– 145534, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [18] Z. U. Rehman, and U. Khalid, “Reuse of COVID-19 face mask for the amelioration of mechanical prop- erties of fat clay: A novel solution to an emerging waste problem,” Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 794, pp. 148746–148762, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [19] C. W. Purnomo, W. Kurniawan, and M. Aziz, “Tech- nological review on thermochemical conversion of COVID-19-related medical wastes,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 167 pp. 105429– 105441, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [20] C. Park, H. Choi, K. Y. A. Lin, E. E. Kwon, and J. Lee, “COVID-19 mask waste to energy via thermochem- ical pathway: Effect of Co-Feeding food waste,” En- ergy, Vol. 230, pp. 120876–120884, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [21] J. Ge, H. Y. Zhao, H. W. Zhu, J. Huang, L. A. Shi, and S. H. Yu, “Advanced sorbents for oil-spill cleanup: recent advances and future perspectives,” Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, pp. 10459–10490, 2016. [CrossRef]
  • [22] L. M. T. M. Oliveira, J. Saleem, A. Bazargan, J. L. D. S. Duarte, G. McKay, and L. Meili, “Sorption as a rap- idly response for oil spill accidents: A material and mechanistic approach,” Journal of Hazardous Mate- rials, Vol. 407, pp. 124842–124861, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [23] B. Doshi, M. Sillanpää, and S. Kalliola, “A review of bio-based materials for oil spill treatment,” Water Research, Vol. 135, pp. 262–277, 2018. [CrossRef]
  • [24] S. Kizil, and H. B. Sonmez, “One-pot fabrication of reusable hybrid sorbents for quick removal of oils from wastewater,” Journal of Environmental Manage- ment, Vol. 261, pp. 109911–109918, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [25] S. B. Hammouda, Z. Chen, C. An, and K. Lee, “Re- cent advances in developing cellulosic sorbent ma- terials for oil spill cleanup: A state-of-the-art re- view,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 311, pp. 127630–127648, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [26] Q. F. Wei, R. R. Mather, A. F. Fotheringham, and R. D. Yang, “Evaluation of nonwoven polypropylene oil sorbents in marine oil-spill recovery,” Marine Pollu- tion Bulletin, Vol. 46(3), pp. 780–783, 2003. [CrossRef]
  • [27] D. Wang, B. C. Sun, J. X. Wang, Y. Y. Zhou, Z. W. Chen, Y. Fang, W. H. Yue, S. M. Liu, K. Y. Liu, X. F. Zeng, G. W. Chu, and J. F. Chen, “Can masks be reused after hot water decontamination during the COVID-19 pandemic?” Engineering, Vol. 6(10), pp. 1115–1121, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [28] L. F. L. Begall, C. Wielick, L. Dams, H. Nauwynck, P. F. Demeuldre, A. Napp, J. Laperre, E. Haubruge, and E. Thiry, “The use of germicidal ultraviolet light, vaporised hydrogen peroxide and dry heat to decontaminate face masks and filtering respirators contaminated with an infectious norovirus,” Jour- nal of Hospital Infection, Vol. 106(3), pp. 577–584, 2021. [CrossRef]
  • [29] H. P. Kim, M. S. Jo, C. H. Kim, J. S. Choi, and I. J. Yu, “Re-use of health masks after autoclaving,” NanoIm- pact, Vol. 19, pp. 100231–100236, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [30] D. F. Li, J. L. Cadnum, S. N. Redmond, L. D. Jones, B. Pearlmutter, M. F. Haq, and C. J. Donskey, “Steam treatment for rapid decontamination of N95 respirators and medical face masks,”American Journal of Infection Control, Vol. 48, pp. 853–858, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [31] N. J. Rowan, J. G. Laffey, “Unlocking the surge in de- mand for personal and protective equipment (PPE) and improvised face coverings arising from corona- virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic – Implications for efficacy, re-use and sustainable waste manage- ment,” Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 752, pp. 142259–142276, 2021.
  • [32] J. C. R. Romero, M. D. C. P. Ferreira, J. A. T. García, and S. C. Castro, “Disposable masks: Disinfec- tion and sterilization for reuse, and non-certified manufacturing, in the face of shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Safety Science, Vol. 129, pp. 104830–104840, 2020. [CrossRef]
  • [33] A. Gopanna, R. N. Mandapati, S. P. Thomas, K. Rajan, and M. Chavali, “Fourier transform infra- red spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) of polypropyl- ene (PP)/cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) blends for qualitative and quantitative analysis,” Polymer Bul- letin, Vol. 76, pp. 4259–4274, 2018. [CrossRef]
  • [34] Y. H. Lee, E. J. Lee, G. S. Chang, D. J. Lee, Y. J. Jung, and H. D. Kim, “Comparison of oil sorption capaci- ty and biodegradability of PP, PP/kapok(10/90wt%) blend and commercial(T2COM) oil sorbent pads,” Textile Coloration and Finishing, Vol. 26, pp. 151– 158, 2014. [CrossRef]
  • [35] S. J. Choi, T. H. Kwon, H. Im, D. Moon, D. J. Baek, M. L. Seol, J. P. Duarte, and Y. K. Choi, “A polydimethyl- siloxane (PDMS) sponge for the selective absorption of oil from water,” ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, Vol. 3(12), pp. 4552–4556, 2011. [CrossRef]
  • [36] E. A. Bukharova, E. A. Tatarintseva, and L. N. Ol’Shanskaya, “Production of polyethylene tere- phthalate based sorbent and its use for waste and surface water cleaning from oil products,” Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Vol. 50, pp. 595–599, 2015. [CrossRef]
  • [37] G. Wang, and H. Uyama, “Facile synthesis of flexible macroporous polypropylene sponges for separation of oil and water,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, pp. 1–6, 2016. [CrossRef]
  • [38] D. Ceylan, S. Dogu, B. Karacik, S. D. Yakan, O. S. Okay, and O. Okay, “Evaluation of butyl rubber as sorbent material for the removal of oil and polycy- clic aromatic hydrocarbons from seawater,” Envi- ronmental Science and Technology, Vol. 43(10), pp. 3846–3852, 2009. [CrossRef]
  • [39] H. Zhu, S. Qiu, W. Jiang, D. Wu, and C. Zhang, “Evaluation of electrospun polyvinyl chloride/poly- styrene fibers as sorbent materials for oil spill clean- up,” Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 45(10), pp. 4527–4531, 2011. [CrossRef]
APA KIZIL S (2023). The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. , 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
Chicago KIZIL Soner The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. (2023): 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
MLA KIZIL Soner The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. , 2023, ss.279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
AMA KIZIL S The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. . 2023; 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
Vancouver KIZIL S The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. . 2023; 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
IEEE KIZIL S "The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation." , ss.279 - 287, 2023. 10.35208/ert.1249400
ISNAD KIZIL, Soner. "The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation". (2023), 279-287. https://doi.org/10.35208/ert.1249400
APA KIZIL S (2023). The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. Environmental Research & Technology, 6(4), 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
Chicago KIZIL Soner The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. Environmental Research & Technology 6, no.4 (2023): 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
MLA KIZIL Soner The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. Environmental Research & Technology, vol.6, no.4, 2023, ss.279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
AMA KIZIL S The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. Environmental Research & Technology. 2023; 6(4): 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
Vancouver KIZIL S The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation. Environmental Research & Technology. 2023; 6(4): 279 - 287. 10.35208/ert.1249400
IEEE KIZIL S "The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation." Environmental Research & Technology, 6, ss.279 - 287, 2023. 10.35208/ert.1249400
ISNAD KIZIL, Soner. "The evaluation of fibrous disposable facemask for oil sorption and efficient oil/water separation". Environmental Research & Technology 6/4 (2023), 279-287. https://doi.org/10.35208/ert.1249400
Sayfa Oluşturulma Tarihi
25-04-2024 5:0

İLETİŞİM

TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM TR Dizin

Yüzüncüyıl, İşçi Blokları Mahallesi

Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Caddesi No:51/C

06530 Çankaya / ANKARA +90 (312) 298 92 00

trdizin@tubitak.gov.tr

TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM Ulusal Akademik Ağ ve Bilgi Merkezi Cahit Arf Bilgi Merkezi © Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Gizlilik Politikası Kullanım Şartları