Lignin Composition, Methods of Making and Using the Composition for Adsorption onto Petrochemical Oil and Oil Removal
AssigneeBoard of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
InventorsBhuvnesh Bharti, Jin Gyun Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates in part to a lignin composition and a method of fabricating a lignin composition. The invention also relates in part to a method of using a lignin composition to adsorb onto a petrochemical oil comprising the steps of providing a solution of lignin in an alcohol, providing an oil on a liquid surface, contacting the oil with the solution of lignin in an alcohol, adsorbing the lignin to the oil, and removing the adsorbed oil from the surface of the liquid.
Claims10
A method of adsorbing lignin onto a petrochemical oil, the method comprising:
- providing a solution of lignin in an alcohol;
- providing an oil on a liquid surface;
- contacting the oil with the solution of lignin in an alcohol;
- adsorbing the lignin onto the oil;
- and
- removing the adsorbed oil from the liquid surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.