Abstract: Cotton, flax fiber and hemp fiber, three of the most common and aboundant textile fibers, were evaluated as sorbent for treating sudden oil spill pollution. Oil-sorption capacity, sorption rate, reusability of sorbents, and the effect of river temperature were investigated. Sorption kinetic equation was established by curve fitting under the different sorption condition. All of the three textile fibers showed high oil sorption performance from the results and were promising as a rapid respond approach for sudden oil spill treatment of urban river.

Key words: oil spill, textile fibers, oil-sorption capacity, urban river, oil spill, textile fibers, oil-sorption capacity