Oilybits Water-Absorbing Polymer

Product Information

Oilybits Water-Absorbing Polymer

One of our own range of products, this super-absorbant, regenerable polymer will absorb 80 TIMES its own weight in water, but it will not absorb oil (mineral or vegetable) and therefore can absorb any free water in the fuel preventing it from being passed through a standard particulate filter. Once exhausted, the polymer can be regenerated by draining off as much oil as possible, then spreading it out on a tray in the sunlight / under a lamp / on a heating boiler, allowing the water to evaporate off, though this may take some days. Most users simply discard spent polymer (treating it as you would waste diesel) and start afresh

This product is most commonly used for removing water from domestic heating oil tanks, or diesel storage tanks, and is deployed by enclosing (by means of a nylon cable tie around the top) into a 200 Micron Nylon Monofilament Filter Bag, and lowering to the bottom of the tank tethered to a string

Alternatively, for continuous system protection, the polymer can be housed in a fine screened Resin Tower, Followed by a General Purpose Particle Filter to trap any very fine polymer which passes through the tower. Using the tower and a suitable low wattage pump on a timer (or even a solar powered pump) the system can recirculate oil through the polymer and back into the tank, trapping any free water that becomes present between cycles

This product is not immediately effective with emulsified oil / water

The image on this listing is of a glass of vegetable oil, with a bed of approximately 3mm of polymer at the bottom, the expanded area to the right is where a droplet of water has been added, and has been absorbed by the polymer from the oil. When the oil is then passed through a 200 Micron Nylon Monofilament Bag Filter the water will stay behind with the polymer which is too big to pass through the filter mesh

Specification
Density	2.5 ml = 1.0 Gram
Colour	White
Particle Size	Approximately 250 Micron When Dry

Absorbtion Data
Weight	Approximate Volume of Powder	Approximate Saturated Volume	Approximate Saturated Weight
10 Grams	25 ml	1 Litre	786 Grams
100 Grams	250 ml	10 Litres	7.86 Kilograms
250 Grams	625 ml	25 Litres	19.65 Kilograms
1000 Grams	2500 ml	100 Litres	78.60 Kilograms

If you have a major water contamination problem them we always recommend pumping the majority of the water out first with a simple self-priming pump such as our Drill Powered Pump, and a length of 1/2" Hose (Same size as Garden Hose)

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