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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, DE;
Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, DE;
Holger Unbehaun, Dresden, DE;
Soren Tech, Dresden, DE;
Swetlana Konig, Leipzig, DE;
Elena Safonova, Leipzig, DE;
Andre Wagenfuhr, Dresden, DE;
Christian Wilhelm, Markleeberg, DE;
Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, DE;
Universitaet Leipzig, Leipzig, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a hydrophobed porous oil binder in the form of a nonwoven fabric composed of lignocellulose-containing raw materials having a biologically functionalized surface for removing mineral-oil-based contaminants in seas, rivers, inland waters, and stormwater basins or wastewater treatment plants, wherein the density of the oil binder is 10 to 900 kg/m, the oil binder is 1 to 25 mm thick, the broad surface of the oil binder has a dimension of 9 to 200 cm, the porosity of the oil binder is 30 to 96%, measured with respect to the total fraction of the oil binder, and the flexural strength of the oil binder is at least 1.5 N/mm.