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- Title
Self-Replenishable Anti-Waxing Organogel Materials.
- Authors
Yao, Xi; Wu, Shuwang; Chen, Lie; Ju, Jie; Gu, Zhandong; Liu, Mingjie; Wang, Jianjun; Jiang, Lei
- Abstract
Solid deposition, such as the formation of ice on outdoor facilities, the deposition of scale in water reservoirs, the sedimentation of fat, oil, and grease (FOG) in sewer systems, and the precipitation of wax in petroleum pipelines, cause a serious waste of resources and irreversible environmental pollution. Inspired by fish and pitcher plants, we present a self-replenishable organogel material which shows ultra-low adhesion to solidified paraffin wax and crude oil by absorption of low-molar-mass oil from its crude-oil environment. Adhesion of wax on the organogel surface was over 500 times lower than adhesion to conventional material surfaces and the wax was found to slide off under the force of gravity. This design concept of a gel with decreased adhesion to wax and oil can be extended to deal with other solid deposition problems.
- Subjects
WAXES; COLLOIDS; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; SEWERAGE; PRECIPITATION (Chemistry)
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2015, Vol 127, Issue 31, p9103
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201503031