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Researchers:
Crystalen Barcela
Alejandra Soliven
Subject Teacher
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Introduction
buoyancy.
become popular over the last few years like natural fibers such
environmental friendly.
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Statement of the Problem
General Problems:
Specific Problems:
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Scopes and Delimitations
Scopes
part of the peel will be separated from the inner, spongy one,
Delimitations
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Theoretical Framework
per cubic centimeter. The weight density (seldom used here) would
about 62 lb/ft3.
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hung from the balance by a thread, but submerged in water, then
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Conceptual Paradigm
1.Preparation of the
materials.
Investigate the 2. Collection and preparation Pomelo peel as an
effectiveness of of the pomelo peel. effective oil
pomelo peel as a spill
3. Drying of the pomelo peel.
natural oil spill remediation.
remediation. 4. Making of the two set-up.
5. Administering of the
product.
7.Data collection.
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absorption. Observations and data will be gathered and presented
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Assumptions
absorber.
Hypothesis
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Definition of Terms
in a fluid.
result; effectiveness.
Oil Spill Absorbent Pad - are pads and booms that can be quickly
Pomelo- the pomelo Citrus maxima is the largest citrus fruit from
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II
aerogels derived from waste pomelo peels for the removal of organic
(PP), two new kinds of oil sorbents were prepared by using acetic
than that of RP for diesel and lubricating oil, also SP had better
oil sorption capacity than AP. The results of this study indicated
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On the study of Guangyu Shi et al., (2019) oil/water separation
solvents (crude oil 49.8 g g−1, soya bean oil 62.3 g g−1,
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In related study of Junchen Zou et al., (2015) magnetic pomelo
was 27.98 g/g for diesel at 30°C. The results in this study
(PP), was tested for its ability to remove spilled oil from
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acid had better oil sorption capacity than that treated with
absorption.
may affect the marine life in the process of treating the oil
spill. They used raw pomelo peel without applying any method to
absorb the oil. This study will focus on the capacity of the
pomelo peel in absorbing the oil spill without any additives but
absorption.
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III
Research Design
groups will be used but only one will be given the experimental
treatment.
CONTROLLED
GROUP
OBSERVATION
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Procedures
DATA
COLLECTION
Figure 3. Methodology
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Preparation of the Materials
sea water.
The Pomelo Peel will be placed under the sun and will be
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Making of the Set-up
There will be two basin and both will be given the same
amount of seawater and crude oil. The first set-up will be the
remove 1L of crude oil in the sea water set-up. Then, both the
will be placed on the set-up on the same time and timer will be
absorption.
by both.
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Data Collection
Duration of time
Experimental set-
up(PP)
Controlled set-
up(Commercially
absorbent)
This table will show the two sets of data presenting the
For each set-up, the table will show results of three trials
indicating the time it took for each set-up to absorb the oil
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Table 2. Mass Of The Product Before And After The
Experimentation
set-up(PP) up(Commercially
absorbent)
Experimentation)
Trial 2
Trial 3
AVERAGE
Experimentation)
Trial 2
Trial 3
AVERAGE
done for each and the average of those will be seen in the table
as well.
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Data Analysis
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References
organic pollutants/oils.
pollution.
oil/organic pollutants.
Retrieved from:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.181823
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Retrieved from:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19443994.2015.104995
Retrieved from:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271874192_Sorption_of
_oil_from_simulated_seawater by_fatty_acid-
modified_pomelo_peel
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