Chicken Feather Protein Dispersant for Effective Crude Oil Dispersion in the Marine Environment.

ABSTRACT: Various studies report that aside from the adverse impact of the crude oil on the marine environment, there is the likelihood that chemical dispersants used on the surface of water as oil-treating agents themselves possess a degree of toxicity, which have additional effects on the environment. To eliminate the subject of toxicity, there exist several materials in nature that have the ability to form good emulsions, and such products include protein molecules. In this study, chicken feathers which are known to contain ≥90% protein were used to formulate a novel dispersant to disperse crude oil in seawater (35 ppt). Protein from chicken feathers was extracted and synthesized into the chicken feather protein (CFP) dispersant using deionized water as a solvent. Emulsions formed from CFP-synthe

SUBMITTER: Adofo YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10536068 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature