Abstract: A composition for protection of the liquid surface from heat- and mass-trfer, for example from evaporation, contains a polymer limitedly swelling in the protected liquid or a mixture of said polymer with a neutral filler having a density lower than the density of the protected liquid.A method for protection of the liquid surface from heat- and mass-transfer comprising application of said composition on the surface of a liquid, for example petroleum, in an amount of from 0.1 to 2 kg per m.sup.2. Upon contacting of the polymer with the liquid the polymer rapidly swells and forms a continuous gel-like covering which hinders the heat- and mass-transfer on the liquid surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 1985
Date of Patent:
December 16, 1986
Assignee:
Chelyabinsky Politekhnichesky Institut Imeni Lininskogo Komsomola
Inventors:
Anatoly A. Bespalov, Talgat Z. Khuramshin, Nikolai A. Bespalov, Andrei N. Efimov, Marina S. Vilesova, Lev E. Gendlin, Vladimir I. Lukhovitsky, Vladimir V. Polikarpov