The invention relates to a method of preparing an oil absorbent composition. The method comprises heating and then de-mineralising a precursor plant material under conditions suitable to produce an oil absorbent composition comprising charcoal. The invention extends to oil absorbent compositions per se, such as charcoal-based compositions, and to various uses of the compositions for efficiently and rapidly absorbing spilled oil, for example from water surfaces, or from bituminous sands.
申请公布号
WO2012136981(A2)
申请公布日期
2012.10.11
申请号
WO2012GB50683
申请日期
2012.03.28
申请人
THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY;THE FORESTRY COMMISSION;DE LEIJ, FRANCISCUS, ANTONIUS, ANNA, MARIA;STRATFORD, JAMES;HUTCHINGS, TONY
发明人
DE LEIJ, FRANCISCUS, ANTONIUS, ANNA, MARIA;STRATFORD, JAMES;HUTCHINGS, TONY