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Cleaning Sea Water from Petroleum Products by Using Rubber Powder

  • Müzeyyen Marşoğlu , Ahmet Topuz , Ali Erdoğmuş , Oğuzhan Yurdalan , Sertaç Bilgin , Ahmet Feyzioğlu , Polat Topuz and Tuba Karahan
Published/Copyright: May 26, 2013
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Abstract

For the study behind this report, Shell Donax TC 30 oil is added by percentages of 1 and 2 vol.-% to sea water samples which are taken from the beach of Florya near Istanbul in Turkey. Additionally, active and inactive rubber powder has been added by various percentages of 1, 2, and 5 vol.-% to such mixtures. After this, the result of cleaning process efficiency has been investigated after 1, 3, and 5 minutes. For comparison, carbon black has been used in another series of experiments. At the end of the different time periods, the process of cleaning by using rubber powders shows that a cleaning of over 98 % is achieved. During the cleaning process it is observed that oil is absorbed by the rubber powder and that its size becomes larger. The results make evident that rubber powders can be easily used in such new cleaning processes (at least 4 times) after the respective drying.

Kurzfassung

Für die diesem Bericht zugrunde liegende Studie wurde dem Öl Shell Donax TC 30 zu einem und zwei Volumenprozent Meerwasserproben hinzugefügt, die am Strand von Florya nahe Istanbul in der Türkei entnommen wurden. Zusätzlich wurde diesen Gemischen aktives und inaktives Gummipulver zu 1, 2 und 5 Vol.-% hinzugefügt. Danach wurde die Effizienz der Reinigung nach jeweils einer, zwei und fünf Minuten überprüft. Im Vergleich dazu wurde in einer anderen Experimentreihe Ruß verwendet. Am Ende der verschiedenen Versuchszeiten konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Prozess unter Verwendung von Gummipulver zu einer Reinigung von 98% führt. Während des Reinigungsprozesses kann beobachtet werden, dass das Öl durch das Gummipulver absorbiert worden ist und seine Größe zunimmt. Die Ergebnisse machen evident, dass Gummipulver leicht in solchen neuen Reinigungsprozessen (mindestens viermal) nach dem entsprechenden Trocknen genutzt werden kann.


Prof. Müzeyyen Marsoğlu graduated from Istanbul University in 1971 and is working in Yildiz Technical University in the Department for Metal and Material Science Engineering. She is an expert at metallography, non-metal materials, and material science.

Prof. Ahmet Topuz graduated from Yildiz Technical University in the Mechanical Engineering Department, and completed his MSc and Ph.D degree at the same university. He is an expert in metal mechanics, composite materials, and testing of materials.

Dr. Ali Erdoğmuş achieved a BSc degree from the Mays University in 1997, and now he is working at the Yildiz Technical University in the Department for Chemistry. He is studying synthesis and the electrochemical properties of substituted phthalocyanine derivatives with manganes, cobalt and also metal free items.

Assistant Prof. Tuba Karahan graduated from Yildiz Technical University in the Metal and Material Science Engineering Department in 1999. She is Assistant Director at Gedik Meslek Yüksekokul and chief of the Welding Technology Program. She is specialized in extractive metals, material science tests, and welding.

Dr. Polat Topuz, born in 1975, graduated at the Marmara University in the Technical Education Faculty. He completed his MSc and Ph.D. degree at the same University and in the same department. He has been working at the Yildiz Technical University in the Metal and Material Engineering Department since 2001.

MSc Ahmet Feyzioğlu, born in 1980, graduated in 2003 at the Engineering Faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department and started to pursue the Master of Science Degree in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He is working on his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Marmara University in the Faculty of Engineering since 2006.

BSc Oğuuzhan Yurdalan, born in 1985, graduated at the Yildiz Technical University in the Metal and Material Science Engineering Department in 2008.

BSc Sertaç Bilgin, born in 1985, graduated from Yildiz Technical University in the Metal and Material Science Engineering Department in 2008.


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Published Online: 2013-05-26
Published in Print: 2011-05-01

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