Absorption of hydrocarbon vapors by vulcanized rubber
AssigneeThe Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company
InventorRobert H. Snyder
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of substantially precluding the accumulation of combustible organic vapors in a storage container by placing comminuted vulcanized rubber as an absorbing medium in contact with the vapors.
Claims9
A method of substantially precluding accumulation of combustible hydrocarbon vapors in the air of a closed substantially empty holding tank comprising:
- placing an effective combustion preventing amount of vulcanized rubber particles in the size range from 6 mesh to 200 mesh in contact with said hydrocarbon vapors within said holding tank, and, absorbing said vapors emanating from residue in said tank whereby a sufficient amount of said vapors are absorbed into said vulcanized rubber particles to ensure that the hydrocarbon vapor/air ratio is below the explosive envelope.
A method of substantially precluding accumulation of combustible hydrocarbon vapors in the air of a closed substantially empty holding tank comprising:
- (a) placing an effective combustion preventing amount of vulcanized rubber particles in the size range from 6 mesh to 200 mesh in contact with said hydrocarbon vapors within said holding tank, and,
- (b) absorbing said vapors emanating from residue in said tank whereby a sufficient amount of said vapors are absorbed into said vulcanized rubber particles to ensure that the hydrocarbon vapor/air ratio is below the explosive envelope;
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- (c) removing said vulcanized rubber particles with the absorbed hydrocarbon vapors from said container.
A method of substantially precluding accumulation of combustible hydrocarbon vapors in the air of a closed substantially empty holding tank comprising:
- (a) placing an effective combustion preventing amount of vulcanized rubber particles in the size range from 6 mesh to 200 mesh in contact with said hydrocarbon vapors within said holding tank, and,
- (b) absorbing said vapors emanating from residue in said tank whereby a sufficient amount of said vapors are absorbed into said vulcanized rubber particles to ensure that the hydrocarbon vapor/air ratio is below the explosive envelope;
- (c) removing said vulcanized rubber particles with the absorbed hydrocarbon vapors from said container;
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- (d) desorbing said hydrocarbon vapors from said vulcanized rubber particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.