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Molecular Engineering of Food-Grade Dispersants as Highly Efficient and Safe Materials for the Treatment of Oil Spills

Implementing Organization

University of Maryland

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$1,369,140

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding Program

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program

Details

Project Category

Science

Project Actions

Oil System Safety Research

Targeted Resources

Human and/or Institutional Capacity

Project Description

The goal of this project is to engineer a new class of dispersants that combine environmental safety and high efficiency. By avoiding the synthetic components in current dispersants that are of questionable toxicity, and replacing them with food-grade components, new dispersants will be created that are nontoxic and safe for use in aquatic environments. At the same time, through an improved understanding of the fundamentals of dispersion, high dispersion efficiencies will be achieved that are comparable or higher than with current dispersants such as the Corexits. Initial work was funded by GoMRI via the Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS).

Contact

Srinivasa R. Raghavan
None
sraghava@umd.edu
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Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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