Posted by Bill Litwin on Fri, Apr 09, 2010 @ 11:15 AM
Emergency spill response to reactive or other hazardous and explosive liquid spills creates a situation that must be responded to quickly and easily. PetroGuard solidifying hyper-immobilizing absorbent is the ideal product to use with vapor suppressing foam products. Most water based foams will initiate a cloud of acid vapor when applied to reactive chemicals. This can be avoided if the spilled chemical is first treated with PetroGuard and then blanketed with Universal Gold. The PetroGuard will instantly solidify the liquid chemical or other hydrocarbon locking the material at the molecular level without creating a chemical reaction, because the process is physical not chemical.
National Fire Protection Association NFPA 11 Standard for Low, Medium, High expansion foams, Chapter 5, Section 5.2.4.3.1 " Water-soluble and certain flammable and combustible liquids and polar solvents that are destructive to regular (non alcohol-resistant) foams shall use alcohol-resistant foams."
Many of our customers are successfully using PetroGuard and foam this way when responding to reactive chemical spills, and have made it part of their company response plans. EHS professionals and response personnel are encouraged to consider this combination as a way to simplify spill response methods and prevent or minimize accidental release of toxic vapors.
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Posted by Bill Litwin on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 @ 09:45 AM
When responding to hazardous chemical and oil spills, using conventional absorbents just doesn't do the trick. PetroGuard on the other hand will lock up the spill, prevent further migration, drastically reduce or eliminate vapor production and allow you to pick up the chemical or oil easily and quickly as solid. This holds true for a water or land environment. Cost to absorb and solidify a gallon of hazardous liquid chemical is about $3.50.
Disposal is cheap and safe, costing an average of about $375 for a 55 gallon drum of treated chemicals weighing approximately 400 lbs. Incineration is the recommended way since it is cleaner and more environmentally friendly than landfilling.
PetroGuard your spills, don't just absorb them!
Posted by Bill Litwin on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 @ 09:22 AM
VAPOR SUPPRESSED SOLIDIFIED CHLOROSILANE TREATED WITH PETROGUARD
Common mineral based absorbents commonly known as kitty litter are used extensively throughout industry. Many companies that work with flammable and reactive chemicals sadly still depend on these mineral absorbents to clean up spills around a plant because they are cheap and abundant. Nearly all conventional sorbents will re-release vapors from absorbed flammable liquids such as solvents, making for a hazardous situation when in close proximity to electrical panels and other sources of sparks creating a fire hazard.
Only one type of sorbent has proved to be completely effective in suppressing or eliminating vapor production and those are the family of polymeric absorbing solidifiers. Not all polymeric solidifiers are the same and only one or two stand out as being truly effective. Of those that are available on the marketplace, the one that has the most and longest proven record of success with these types of flammables and reactive chemicals is PetroGuard.
How PetroGuard works is of prime importance. PetroGuard's capacity depends upon the active material to selectively absorb molecules with suitable solubility characteristics, directly into its internal structure. This allows the polymer to absorb very large quantities of molecules. Molecules are partitioned into the polymeric regions of the medium, with exceptional affinity for non-polar organic compounds. Once deactivation has taken place, PetroGuard will form an interlocking network matrix with a rubber-like consistency.
Example organics absorbed and immobilized:
Chlorosilanes and related chemicals diesel and fuel oils
Silicone oils, Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Ethyl acetate
Trichloroethylene, Crude oil
Methylene chloride, Naphtha
Carbon tetrachloride, Methyl ethyl ketone
Titanium tetrachloride, Styrene
Acetone, Vinyl chloride
Download our Case Study about the extensive testing that was done on PetroGuard and reactive and flammable chemicals at Witco a plant in West Virginia.
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