The oil sorption performance of melt differential electrospun polypropylene fibers

ZENG LiangBin,HE XueTao,TAN Jing,WU WeiFeng,YANG WeiMin,LI HaoYi

Journal of Beijing University of Chemical Technology ›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6) : 66-71.

PDF(1323 KB)
Welcome to Journal of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Today is July 26, 2025
Email Alert  RSS
PDF(1323 KB)
Journal of Beijing University of Chemical Technology ›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6) : 66-71.

The oil sorption performance of melt differential electrospun polypropylene fibers

  • ZENG LiangBin,HE XueTao,TAN Jing,WU WeiFeng,YANG WeiMin,LI HaoYi*
Author information +
History +

Abstract

Polypropylene fibers were fabricated using a melt differential electrospinning device at different temperatures. Nanofibers with a fiber diameter of 810 nm were obtained with a throughput of 13 g/h per nozzle. The contact angle of the resulting fibers was in the range 140° to 150° and was independent of the fiber diameter. The maximum initial sorption capacity, oil sorption capacity and oil retention capacity of the polypropylene fiber was 235, 158 and 62 g/g, respectively. A tentative investigation of the oil sorption mechanism revealed that the sorption capacity increased with the decrease of fiber diameter, or with the increase of porosity and the increase of oil viscosity. After 7 cycles of oil sorption/desorption, the oil sorption capacity remained as high as 59%-78%.

Key words

melt differential electrospinning / polypropylene nanofiber / oil sorption capacity / oil sorption mechanism

Cite this article

Download Citations
ZENG LiangBin,HE XueTao,TAN Jing,WU WeiFeng,YANG WeiMin,LI HaoYi. The oil sorption performance of melt differential electrospun polypropylene fibers[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2015, 42(6): 66-71

References

[1] Deng D, Prendergast D P, Macfarlane J, et al. Hydrophobic meshes for oil spill recovery devices[J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2013, 5(3): 774-781. 
[2] Singh V, Kendall R J, Hake K, et al. Crude oil sorption by raw cotton[J]. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52 (18): 6277-6281.
[3] Yang C, Kaipa U, Mather Q Z, et al. Fluorous metal-organic frameworks with superior adsorption and hydrophobic properties toward oil spill cleanup and hydrocarbon storage[J]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133 (45): 18094-18097.
[4] Abdullah M A, Rahmah A U, Man Z. Physicochemical and sorption characteristics of Malaysian Ceiba pentandra(L.) Gaertn. as a natural oil sorbent[J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2010, 177: 683-691.
[5] Moriwaki H, Kitajima S, Kurashima M, et al. Utilization of silkworm cocoon waste as a sorbent for the removal of oil from water[J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2009, 165: 266-270.
[6] Wang J T, Zheng Y, Wang A Q. Coated kapok fiber for removal of spilled oil[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2013, 69(2): 91-96.
[7] Lim G T, Puskas J E, Reneker D H, et al. Highly hydrophobic electrospun fiber mats from polyisobutylene-based thermoplastic elastomers[J]. Biomacromolecules, 2011, 12 (5): 1795-1799.
[8] Sas I, Gorga R E, Joines J A, et al. Literature review on superhydrophobic self-cleaning surfaces produced by electrospinning[J]. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2012, 50(12): 824-845. 
[9] Persano L, Camposeo A, Tekmen C, et al.  Industrial upscaling of electrospinning and applications of polymer nanofibers: a review[J]. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2013, 298(5): 504-520.
[10] 曹胜光,胡炳环,刘海清. 静电纺制备纳米孔结构聚乳酸(PLLA)超细纤维[J]. 高分子学报, 2010(10): 1193-1198.
Cao S G,Hu B H,Liu H Q. Fabrication of nano-porous structured polylactide (PLLA) fibers through electrospinning[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2010(10): 1193-1198. (in Chinese)
[11]Zhu H T, Qiu S S, Jiang W, et al. Evaluation of electrospun polyvinyl chloride/polystyrene fibers as sorbent materials for oil spill cleanup[J]. Environmental Science & Technology, 2011, 45(10): 4527-4531.
[12] Wu J, Wang N, Wang L, et al. Electrospun porous structure fibrous film with high oil adsorption capacity[J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4: 3207-3212.
[13] Lin J Y, Tian F, Shang Y W, et al. Co-axial electrospun polystyrene/polyurethane fibres for oil collection from water surface[J]. Nanoscale, 2013, 5: 2745-2755.
[14] 王文华,王静,寇希元,等. 纳米聚丙烯纤维吸油特性及对水面浮油的吸附研究[J]. 海洋技术, 2013, 32(2): 106-109.
Wang W H,Wang J,Kou X Y, et al. Study on the oil adsorptive property of nano-polypropylene fiber and its application on floating oil adsorption on water surface [J]. Ocean Technology, 2013, 32(2): 106-109. (in Chinese)
[15] Hutmacher D W, Dalton P D. Melt electrospinning[J]. Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2011, 6(1): 44-56.
[16] Nagy Z K, Balogh A, Drávavölgyi G, et al. Solvent-free melt electrospinning for preparation of fast dissolving drug delivery system and comparison with solvent-based electrospun and melt extruded systems[J]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2013, 102(2): 508-517.
[17] Brown T D, Dalton P D, Hutmacher D W. Direct writing by way of melt electrospinning[J]. Advanced Materials, 2011, 23(47): 5651-5657.
[18] Lafuma A, Quéré D. Superhydrophobic states[J]. Nature Materials, 2003, 2(7): 457460. 
[19] Cho D, Zhou H J, Cho Y J, et al. Structural properties and superhydrophobicity of electrospun polypropylene fibers from solution and melt[J]. Polymer, 2010, 51(25): 6005-6012.
PDF(1323 KB)

1354

Accesses

0

Citation

Detail

Sections
Recommended

/