Effect of the degree of template removal from mesoporous silicate materials on their adsorption of heavy oil from aqueous solution

作     者：Farouq TWAIQ M.S. NASSER Sagheer A. ONAIZI 

作者机构：Faculty of Engineering Computing and Science Swinbume University of Technology Kuching 93350 Malaysia Gas Processing Center College of Engineering Qatar University Doha P. O. Box 2713 Qatar School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials Newcastle University Singapore 599489 Singapore School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》 (化学科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第8卷第4期

页      面：488-497页

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学科分类：081504[工学-水利水电工程] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 08[工学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：support by The Research Council (TRC)  Sultanate of Oman is gratefully acknowledged 

主　　题：adsorption heavy oil mesoporous silicatematerial kinetics template removal 

摘      要：The key aim of this study is to evaluate the adsorption of heavy oil from aqueous solutions with different oil contents over mesoporous silicate materials having different surfactant template contents. The meso- porous silicate materials have been synthesized from tetraethylorthosilicate as a silica precursor and cetyltri- methylammonium bromide as a template using the sol-gel technique. Four samples were prepared by （1） totally removing the template using the calcination process, （2） partially removing the template via ethanol extraction, （3） partially removing the template via water extraction, and （4） keeping the template as synthesized, respectively. These four samples have been characterized using X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption, thermal gravimetric ana- lysis and Fourier transformed infrared. The effect of the degree of template removal of these mesoporous materials for the oil removal has been investigated. The oil removal is inversely proportional to the surfactant content in the mesoporous material, being highest for the calcined sample but lowest for the as-synthesized sample. The kinetic of oil adsorption over the calcined material has been also studied and the data obtained fit well a second-order model.