COMAPARISM OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SAWDUST, COCONUT FIBRE, WOOD CHIPS IN PURIFICATION CRUDE OIL POLLUTED WATER

ABSTRACT A comparative study was conducted among organic waste materials namely coconut fiber, hair, sawdust and woodchips as crude oil absorbents. Twenty grams of each of these materials were wrapped in a pouch and submerged into two set-ups, Set-up A: Pure Crude Oil and Set-up B: Crude Oil with seawater, for an hour. Amount of oil absorbed was gathered and recorded. ANOVA was conducted to verify if the results significantly differed.  The results show that hair had the highest amount of absorbed crude oil in one of the two set-ups which was pure crude oil only. In the other set-up with contained half-crude oil and half-seawater, coconut fiber had the highest amount of absorbed crude oil. It was found that there was a significant difference between the amounts of absorbed crude oil of the materials in the two-set-ups after using t-test on the results gathered in both set-ups.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Page        Page Tittle Pagei Approval Pageii Dedication Acknowledgement Abstractiii Table of Contents         
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study1 Objectives of the Study3 Justification of the study
CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE & STUDIES6 Definition of coconut fibre Advantanges of coconut fibre Crude oil spill Polypropylene pad 
CHAPTER THREE  METHODOLOGY A. Research Design12 B. Materials and Equipment12 C. Experimental Set-up13 D. Experimental Procedure13 E. Preparation of Materials13 F. Preparation of Substances13 G. Preparation of Absorbent Materials14 H. Instruments in Data Gathering15
CHAPTER FOUR  RESULTS & DISCUSSION18
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS……………………26 A.Summary26 B.Conclusion27 C.Recommendations27 REFERENCES29