Features

• Because of Ultra-Filter-Tex's selective affinity for lipophilic (“oil attracting") it is very efficient in removing hydrocarbons from water
• Ultra-Filter-Tex® excels as a spill removal media capable of sorbing liquid hydrocarbons, including petroleum, animal and vegetable oils onto its vast fiber mass surfaces and into process-created interstitial spaces
• When used as a filter medium, water passes freely, while adsorption of target hydrocarbons begins on contact. Ultra-Filter-Tex® is extremely efficient due to the enormous lipophilic surface area of the altered fibers
• Ultra-Filter-Tex® works well as a fibrous supporting matrix for other water conditioning materials such as selective zeolites, activated carbon, zero-valent iron filings, etc. Ultra-Filter-Tex® can be "conditioned' to remove specific chemical compounds
• Ultra-Filter-Tex® is cost effective in comparison to many conventional filtering media, adsorbing/absorbing an average of 20 times its own weight of liquid hydrocarbons
• Approximately 85-90 % of sorbed oils can be reclaimed from Ultra-Filter-Tex® and the media reused
• In bench-scale testing, Ultra-Filter-Tex® has shown promising results in filtering out emulsified oils and hydrocarbons out of a water stream. This characteristic creates opportunities for the use of Ultra-Filter-Tex® in oil/water separation applications and other hydrocarbon filter projects
• Ultra-Filter-Tex® forms into cohesive mats or “wads" which can easily conform to various applications or filter devices
• Ultra-Filter-Tex® is environmentally benign and user-friendly. It does not leach harmful substances into the environment and when incinerated produces minimal residue or ash.