	US 12,186,732 B2
	Oil remediation composition, process for producing said oil remediation composition, and process for remediating oil spills
Hank Froese, Winkler (CA); Joaquin Mota, Winkler (CA); and Brian K. Cooley, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to SWM Holdings US, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/292,352
Filed by SWM LUXEMBOURG, Contern (LU)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/060415 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 7, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/097430, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/821,100, filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,404, filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001356 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 20/24 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/30 (2006.01); C09K 3/32 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 20/24 (2013.01) [B01J 20/28004 (2013.01); B01J 20/28011 (2013.01); B01J 20/28016 (2013.01); B01J 20/3007 (2013.01); B01J 20/3021 (2013.01); C09K 3/32 (2013.01); B01J 2220/4825 (2013.01); B01J 2220/485 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. A process for remediating oil spills comprising:

contacting an oily substance with an oil adsorbent composition, the oil adsorbent composition comprising pieces of densified plant material residue, the plant material residue including non-fibrous plant matter, the pieces of densified plant material having a bulk density of from about 0.2 g/cm³to about 0.5 g/cm³;

wherein the densified plant material residue comprises flax shives, corn stovers, hemp herd, bagasse, wheat straw, barley straw, switch grass, or mixtures thereof.