WIT Press


Gel-like Protective Coating For Keeping Oil And Petroleum Products From Evaporation

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

44

Pages

7

Published

2000

Size

634 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/OIL000131

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

M.S. Vilessova, L.Ye. Gendlin, L.A. Rubinchik, A.A. Bespalov & B.I. Tkachev

Abstract

The problem of reducing the losses of petroleum products due to evaporation, and the related problem of environmental protection are currently considered to be crucial. We have developed a new method which produces a substantial decrease in the surface evaporation rate of hydrocarbon liquids and can be used successfully instead of the traditional unreliable, bulky and expensive pontoons and condensers. The suggested method uses a lightweight powder-like material, designed to spread throughout the surface of the liquid in order to form a semipermeable layer, separating liquid and air volumes from each other. When particles produced on the basis of a sufficiently light filler (having closed-cell or closed

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