Method and products to absorb oil and organic solvents from water and from sea

METHOD AND PRODUCTS TO ABSORB OIL AND ORGANIC SOLVENTS FROM WATER AND FROM SEA

An original method to produce polymeric products is described, which after a special cross-linking become macroplegmatic and acquire ability to absorb organic solvents, petrol and petroleum and products which are released in the water basins or on the sea, 40-80 gram of oily matter/gram of polymer. The polymers to process are Polystyrene, trimeric copolymer with Styrene, Ethylene, Butadiene SEBS and hydrogenated to saturation elastomers SBR with Styrene 10 %, 20 % and 40 % wich are processed by special cross-linking in chlorinated solvents with cross-linking agent the 1,4 dichloromethyl -2,5 dichloro benzene (DCDMDB) and with catalyst the Titanium Tetrachloride (Ti Cl4) where at 60~ is formed a thick cross-linked mass which is cut in a minced machine and is subjected to dry from solvent and to deodorise after heating at 170~ with stirring, under vacuum. Those products are brought in a net, in a polypropylene net and are swept on the surface of harbours and on the surface of sea collecting ...

Method and products to absorb oil and organic solvents from water and from sea

Method and products to absorb oil and organic solvents from water and from sea

Polymeric products which after special cross-linking become macroreticular and acquire the ability to absorb organic solvents and petroleum products which are released in the water, in the amount of 40-80 gram of oily matter/gram of polymer. The macroreticular polymers include polystyrene, trimeric copolymer with styrene, ethylene, butadiene (SEBS) elastomeric SBR with styrene 10%, 20% and 40% fully hydrogenated to saturation, which after special cross-linking in chlorinated solvents with a cross-linking agent forms a thick cross-linked mass which is cut and deodorized. These products are used in a polypropylene net and are swept on the surface of water basins, harbors or the surface of sea to collect the oily matter and the petroleum by endomolecular absorption and by external surface adherence, and the loaded net is washed with petroleum to remove all absorbed oily matter as useful fuel. The net with the absorbing polymers is then ready for reuse.