Research on oil adsorption properties of yak hair felt and its application

Abstract

This article explores the oil adsorption performance and application of yak hair felt when it is used as oil-adsorbing felt. The yak hair felt and the wool adsorbent felt were used as the comparative test objects to test the adsorption capacity and reusability of the two felts for engine oil, rapeseed oil, silicone oil, diesel oil and gasoline under the same conditions. Taking yak hair felt and polypropylene (PP) oil-adsorbing felt as the comparative test object, the adsorption capacity of the two felts to oil products was tested under the simulated seawater conditions of different temperature, salinity, pH and oscillation frequency. Through experiments, it can be seen that compared with wool adsorbent felt, the adsorption capacity of yak hair felt to oil products is better than that of wool adsorbent felt; compared with PP adsorbent felt, PP adsorbent felt has better adsorption capacity for oil products. Therefore, yak hair felt is more suitable as a new type of oil-adsorbing felt to deal with oil spill accidents on land.

Keywords:

• Yak hair felt
• oil-adsorbing felt
• oil-adsorbing performance
• application

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