HIGHLY EFFECTIVE SORBENT "PENOPORUM"
Super-absorption!
Contact:
Prof. M.A.Ksenofontov, Dr.A.S.Khatsenka
phone: (+375 17) 2780404, 2775426
fax: (+375 17) 2780417
e-mail:

Research Institute of Applied Physical Problems
named after A.N.Sevchenko
of the Belarusian State University

Address: 7, Kurchatova str.,220064 Minsk,
Republic of Belarus

 
Purpose and area of application

"PENOPORUM" is used for the gathering of liquid petroleum and organic substances at liquidation of emergency floods, for clearing water areas, ground, clarifying basins, storm waste water from hydrocarbons and it's derivatives, crude petroleum, heavy and easy grades of fuel, vegetative, animal and mineral oils, organic solvents and usual organic products.

PENOPORUM" is used

  • on water and on ground.
  • as a preventive mean for immediate use in case of sudden pollution and accidents in zones of high risk.
  • for preventive processing: elimination of industrial polluting substances dissolved of water, taking place in clarifying basins and capacities for a storage, petroleum separators, and also for elimination of bleedings, for filtering of industrial waste water in a metallurgical, chemical and oil refining industry.

"PENOPORUM" is made in the form of plates, grains, mats, circles, boons, pillows, that allows to carry out immediate and effective actions and guarantee excellent results even in difficult weather conditions. The features of sorbent chemical synthesis allow to create mobile factories with the compact equipment on overland, river and sea transport for its manufacturing and drawing directly on a place of emergency flood.


General characteristic
  • Absorbing ability: "PENOPORUM" absorbs hydrocarbons in 35-70 times more body weight without change of volume.
  • Holding ability: "PENOPORUM" completely keeps absorbed substance and were in the sated status on a water surface.
  • Restoring ability: "PENOPORUM" allows restoring not less than 80 % of the absorbed substance without change of its characteristics.
  • Destruction of wastes: after use "PENOPORUM" can be utilize on the arrangement on processing of industrial wastes or is used as fuel.

Operational characteristics of the sorbent

Density, kg/m3

8-15

Absorbing ability

crude petroleum, kg/1 kg

35-50

diesel fuel, kg/1 kg, not less

60

petrols, kg/1 kg, not less

70

Time of floatability on the water in the saturated state, day, not less

30

Regeneration of the assembled substances, %, not less

80


Absorption of organic hydrocarbons  

     

Absorption of oil  

     

 
For additional information please contact us at:
Innovation division phones: (+ 375 17) 2265950, 2095324
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Belarusian State University
phone: (+ 375 17) 2928342
fax: (+375 17) 2327183
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Ministry of Education for the Republic of Belarus