Gravimetric Analysis of Oil pollution of Tigris River

Abstract

Environmental Pollution has become the first threat to humanity nowadays. Water pollution with petroleum products occupies the largest space because of its impact on the environment and waste of money. Oil is still one of the most important sources of energy currently used in the world. The aim of this research is to monitor and measure the intensity of the oil pollution caused by the oil spill leaks to the Tigris river and to treatment this leakage by oil booms. Six stations for remote sensing were distributed along the Tigris river to record oil concentrations. Each station consists of a sensor and a data reader that receives the digital data from the handsets and stores in the form of tables. Gravimetric analysis has been used to measure oil concentration. An organic solvent, hexane, was used to extract oil from the water. Oil booms have been used to collect spilled oil, preventing oil from spreading and changing flow direction for the purpose of collection. The process of scraping oil above the surface of water was done using oil scrapers.