Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams with Enriched Surfaces of Petroleum Catalyst Residues as Adsorbents of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Solutions

Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams with Enriched Surfaces of Petroleum Catalyst Residues as Adsorbents of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Solutions

Petroleum industry

Adsorption

Gasoline

Energy dispersive spectroscopy

Organic pollutants

Water pollution

Catalysts

Scanning electron microscopy

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Fluorescence spectroscopy

Polyurethanes

Rigid foamed plastics

Herbicides

Field emission microscopes

Weed control

Abstract: In this study the surface of bio-based polyurethane foam was enriched with different contents of catalyst residue from the petroleum industry. The foams were prepared with different residue contents, 20, 50, and 80 wt% relative to the total mass of the polyols and were characterized by several techniques, with X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, field emission scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, microtomography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric. To determine the removing process the effects of various operating parameters, pH of the solution (212), initial concentration of pesticides (550mg L1), contact time (151440min), and amount of adsorbent (30400mg) were investigated in a batch adsorption technique. The specific surface area of the residue was determined by the BET method as up to 150 m2/g and mean pore diameter of 4.20 0.42nm (mesopore), which explains the excellent results of the materials in the adsorption process. The high adsorption capacity is probably due to the presence of highly concentrated catalyst residue on the foam surface. Trifluralin pesticide was removed in water using these polyurethane foams with 20.0mg L1 initial concentration of herbicide, 30.0mg adsorbent mass of, 5.0 pH, and 25.0 C temperature. The chemically prepared foams with 50 wt% residue (PURC50) have higher adsorption capacities (70%) and can be used to remove trifluralin from natural waters effectively. The efficiency of removing the herbicide increased to 83% with the use of 400.0mg adsorbent mass. The adsorption efficiency of the pure catalyst residue reaches a maximum (95.3%). The established adsorption method was appropriate for adsorption of trifluralin in contaminated waters. Graphic Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.] 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

2511-2522

28

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

2020

Almeida, Marys Lene Braga

Ayres, Eliane

Libanio, Marcelo

de Souza Gamarano, Daniel

Ribeiro, Carmen Couto

Orefice, Rodrigo Lambert

journalArticle

15662543

10.1007/s10924-020-01794-9