THE DEVICE FOR MECHANICAL FILTRATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

The aim of this study was to try out fuel and oil filtration in combination with different types of nanotextiles. The filtration was carried out on a special testing device, which included innovative heads of three sizes: 20mm, 50 mm and 100 mm. The first, smallest head was used for filtration of liquids with lower level of impurities, such as gasoline and diesel. The largest head was used for lubricating oils and other kinds of oily liquids. Medium size was designed for polluted water. Each head is equipped with new quick and easy to use system for mounting samples in order to avoid damaging the nanotextile structure. Special filter methodology was designed for these experiments. Individual samples were then sent to an external laboratory for tribotechnical analysis. Detailed analysis of the results will follow as the next step of this research project.