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Innovative Oil Spill Cleanup Solutions

The document describes several ideas for cleaning up oil spills including using lightweight sponges called aerogel to absorb large amounts of oil, robots that can detect oil leaks around drilling platforms to prevent explosions, a system that captures runaway oil at a rate of over 2,700 gallons per minute, and magnetic soaps that use magnetic force to bring oil trapped inside to the surface for easier cleanup.

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Innovative Oil Spill Cleanup Solutions

The document describes several ideas for cleaning up oil spills including using lightweight sponges called aerogel to absorb large amounts of oil, robots that can detect oil leaks around drilling platforms to prevent explosions, a system that captures runaway oil at a rate of over 2,700 gallons per minute, and magnetic soaps that use magnetic force to bring oil trapped inside to the surface for easier cleanup.

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Oil spill clean


up Ideas
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Soak-up sponges
§ Oil in the ocean may not be too different from cooking oil
dripped on your kitchen sink.

§ a lightweight sponge called aerogel — made of clay and plastic


— that absorbs large amounts of oil.

§ Made on a mass scale, these sponges could tackle spills in the


ocean — and allow the sopped-up oil to be squeezed out for
use after absorption.
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A robot that
detects spills
§ Liquid Robotics, a start-up
in San Francisco, has
created a robot that can
sense oil leakage around
drilling platforms.

§ these robots could prevent


rig explosions

§ The robots are powered


only by the sun and the
waves.
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An oil- § maritime technology company from Norway.


The group won $300K for their innovative
collecting Current Buster system, which captures 2,712
funnel gallons of runaway oil per minute.
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Magnetic soaps

§ One of the biggest problems with


current oil spill clean up is the use of
oil dispersants, which do not easily
break down.

§ scientists at the University of Bristol


have created a more environmentally-
friendly soap —that is iron-rich and
salty.

§ Thus, when magnetic force is applied,


the soap rises to the surface — with
the oil still trapped inside.

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