RUBBER-BASED SUBSTANCE FOR REMOVING SATURATED AND UNSATURATED FATS, OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS ORGANIC SOLVENTS

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oils and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface, and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents. In addition, the present invention also relates to a process for producing a given rubber-based substance. More specifically, the present invention relates to the application of this rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, petroleum and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the water surface of open water bodies, including seas and oceans.

Claims

1. The rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oils and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface, and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents contains: from 60% to 85% of synthetic rubber, from 0.5% to 4% of sulfur; from 10% to 25% of carbon.

2. The rubber-based substance of claim 1, wherein has the average the fractions size of the rubber-based substance from 0.1 to 1 mm.

3. The rubber-based substance of claim 1, wherein the structure of the rubber-based substance is amorphous and mild, and has no pores.

4. The rubber-based substance of claim 1, wherein the substance is hydrophobic, a saturation with water up to 30% by weight occurs after 4-6 hours contact of the substance with water.

5. The rubber-based substance of claims 1-4, wherein a mechanically activated at moderate temperatures from 70 to 90 C. rubber regenerate with a developed surface and active centers is used as a sorbent for oil and petroleum products instead of rubber crumb.

6. The rubber-based substance of claims 1-5, wherein the thermal and mechanical energy is directed to the destruction of intermolecular bonds, which leads to the formation of a developed surface for the particles in the form of flakes with hydrophobic properties and active centers absorbing oil and petroleum products.

7. The rubber-based substance of claims 1-6, wherein the average size of the mechanically activated rubber regenerate is 500 microns.

8. The rubber-based substance of claims 1-7, wherein it is more efficient and has a wider range of substances removed from the emulsion and requires less time for its elimination.

9. The rubber-based substance of claims 1-8, wherein it can be used alone or in combination with a carbon-based powdered substance.

10. A process for producing a rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oil and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface, and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents, which consists in the mechanical processing of raw materials (industrial rubber articles) at a temperature of up to 100 C. with cooling of the working unit, in a specially designed screw, which allows to create high local pressure on the raw material, which leads to the destruction of the rubber structure due to a shear shift in its structure of chemical bonds break, creating numerous active sites and rubber activation, which then provides the rubber-based substance with a properties of the invention.

11. The use of a rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oil and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents, which leads to the localization of oil and petroleum spills, as well as spills of organic solvents from the water surface of open water bodies, including seas and oceans.

12. The use of a rubber-based substance of claim 11, wherein the reservoirs cleaning from oil and petroleum products is carried out.

13. The use of a rubber-based substance of claim 11, wherein the treatment of industrial water and drainage from solid domestic solid waste landfills from saturated and unsaturated fats, oil and petroleum products is parried out, as well as from organic solvents from the water surface of open water bodies, including seas and oceans.

Description

DESCRIPTION

[0014] In accordance with the present invention, a new rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, petroleum and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface, and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents is obtained unexpectedly.

[0015] The rubber-based substance is capable, according to the present invention, to be saturated with water up to 30% by weight after 4-6 hours contact with water. It absorbs saturated, unsaturated fats, oil and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents. Rubber absorbs organic solvents and the vast majority of petroleum products.

[0016] Saturated, unsaturated fats and oil form a suspension resistant to other substances with a rubber-based substance due to its surface with a developed structure and the presence of a large number of active centers, which does not stratify over 48 hours and is not mixed with water.

[0017] The rubber-based substance contains from 60% to 85% of synthetic rubber, from 0.5% to 4% of sulfur, and from 10% to 25% of carbon. The fractions size of the rubber-based substance is within the range of 0.1 to 1 mm. The particles have a petal shape with a developed surface and a large number of active centers. The structure of the rubber-based substance is amorphous and soft, in which the pores are absent.

[0018] The method of obtaining a rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oils and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface, and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents consists in the mechanical processing of raw materials (industrial rubber articles) at a temperature up to 100 C. with a cooling of the working unit in a specially designed screw allowing the creation of high local pressure on the raw material, which leads to the destruction of the rubber structure due to a shear displacement in its structure, chemical bonds destruction, creating numerous active sites and activation of rubber, which then provides substances based on natural rubber with properties declared according to the present invention.

[0019] The use of a rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oil and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface and/or aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents occurs when oil and petroleum products are spilled in open water bodies, including seas and oceans, by localization of places where the oil and petroleum products were spilled. On addition, a rubber-based substance is used for cleaning reservoirs from oil and oil products, industrial water purification and drainage from landfills of solid household wastes from saturated and unsaturated fats, petroleum and petroleum products, as well as from organic solvents.

[0020] Thus, a rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oils and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface and/or an aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents can be used alone or in combination with a carbon based powder substance

[0021] The rubber-based substance for removing saturated and unsaturated fats, oil and petroleum products, as well as organic solvents from the aqueous surface and/or aqueous emulsion and aqueous solutions of organic solvents is more efficient and has a wider range of substances removed from the emulsion and requires much less time for its removal.