<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Organic impurities fallen to the ground water and to surface waters (rivers, lakes, seas and oceans) contribute to the degradation of the fauna and flora. Taking into account the public welfare, as the natural environment is, studies have been undertaken to develop a cheap and effective system for the purification of water from finely dispersed petroleum derivatives. The idea of the solution proposed consists in using a separator with high porosity ceramics of the pore size up to 100 ¨m, of high water permeability and ability to separate oily impurities of very tiny particle size. To improve the efficiency of the process the affinity of the filtering surface to organic particles was increased by the use of water-repellent media. The process of the separation of oily impurities was enhanced by means of ultrasounds of the 18 kHz frequency and various vibration energies.</p></abstract>

Organic impurities fallen to the ground water and to surface waters (rivers, lakes, seas and oceans) contribute to the degradation of the fauna and flora. Taking into account the public welfare, as the natural environment is, studies have been undertaken to develop a cheap and effective system for the purification of water from finely dispersed petroleum derivatives. The idea of the solution proposed consists in using a separator with high porosity ceramics of the pore size up to 100 ¨m, of high water permeability and ability to separate oily impurities of very tiny particle size. To improve the efficiency of the process the affinity of the filtering surface to organic particles was increased by the use of water-repellent media. The process of the separation of oily impurities was enhanced by means of ultrasounds of the 18 kHz frequency and various vibration energies.

Usability of high porosity ceramics for the separation of oily impurities

Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Technology and Ceramics, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warszawa, Poland

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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Organic impurities fallen to the ground water and to surface waters (rivers, lakes, seas and oceans) contribute to the degradation of the fauna and flora....

Usability of high porosity ceramics for the separation of oily impurities

Published Online: Nov 06, 2007

Page range: 64 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-007-0056-1

Keywords
porous ceramic materials, separation of oily impurities, silico-orgaanic materials, ultrasounds

This content is open access.

Usability of high porosity ceramics for the separation of oily impurities

Published Online: Nov 06, 2007

Page range: 64 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10026-007-0056-1

Keywordsporous ceramic materials, separation of oily impurities, silico-orgaanic materials, ultrasounds

This content is open access.

Keywords
porous ceramic materials, separation of oily impurities, silico-orgaanic materials, ultrasounds