Can Nano Technology Help Clean Up Oil Spills in the Ocean and Seas?

Oil spill has become a sustainable problem on a global scale. Furthermore, in small cases, there is a possibility of harm to the environment. This is also very dangerous for animals and their habitats. In most cases, the damage it causes can not be reversed. So the animals lost their homes and made them extinct. Increasing the number of oil drilling and oil transport will certainly lead to massive oil spills. Existing strategies for wiping out oil spills are not task dependent. Magnetic engineering (nanotechnology) may be the answer.

Typically, the oil spill occurring in an aqueous environment (eg, ocean or ocean, or from the leakage of the final borehole in water) deteriorates rapidly compared to oil spillage on land or underground environment. However, if the outflow of aquatic organisms is sufficiently serious (Exxon Valdez in April 2010 oil spill in 1989 or offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, etc.), marine life, birds, human and ecosystems wetlands , As with coastlines and the Gulf Coast there may be serious cases. In order to understand the type and scale of the influence of oil spill, it is necessary first to understand the fate of oil spill and transportation.

When oil spills into the sea, it diffuses initially into the water (mainly on the surface), depending on its relative density and composition. The formed oil film may be viscous or ruptured in a rough sea. Waves, streams and winds drifting oil to a wide area, affecting the oceans, coastal areas of the drifting path, and the sea and land habitats. Oils containing volatile organic compounds partially evaporate, lose 20% to 40% of their mass, become more dense and more viscous (ie more resistant to flow). A small amount of oil may dissolve in water. The oil residue is also dispersed in water almost invisibly, or forms a dense mousse with water. Part of the waste oil may suspend the particulate matter, the rest will eventually condense into a viscous tar ball.