Natures own product helps keeping the environment clean

Oil Spills on land, at sea or on ships will always occur. Despite precautions it will happen again…

The question raised is how to be prepared, and how to cope with the spills. This is always a difficult task, and one will never be able to provide full protection.   Kemica AB in conjuction with Thulica AB of Sweden has worked with environmentally friendly products for years, and has developed a product which has shown excellent performance in the ability of collecting oil. The product is made from natural fibres. By its special mesh construction it has two uniqe properties: ABSORPTION and ADHESION. The amount of oil attatched to the net is considerable.

Based on official test results carried out by Sintef, Trondheim, Norway, the mesh will absorb oil with viscosity of 500 cp 3-4 times the specific weight of the mesh. Experiments with heavy fuel IF 80 at 0 centigrades in the water showed lower absoring capacity. On the other hand, the adhesion power for this oil was great, and the test proved that the mesh could retain 4 l/m2. The test also concluded that the natural fibre mesh was very promising in collecting bunkers oil, even in cold water. The state of the fibres, wet or dry, had little or no effect on their ability to absorb/adsorb oil.

Most of today's alternative products are made from syntetic or chemical materials. They have to be disposed of at special plants at high costs to avoid dangerous exposures and pollution of the environment.   The natural fibre mesh is enviromentally friendly, and the oily mesh can be burned onboard or onshore without having more negative impact than burning the oil itself.

Click on the image below to download information leaflet as pdf-file.

© KEMICA AB. All Rights Reserved.
Text, graphics, and HTML code are protected by International Copyright Laws,and may not be copied, reprinted,
published, translated, hosted, or otherwise distributed by any means without our explicit permission.