Absorbents for power plants, transformers and generator rooms

Where oil escapes on a power site

Leaks on a power site are usually slow and steady rather than sudden: a weeping valve, a seal on a pump or compressor, a drip at a generator fuel line, a leak from transformer equipment in an outdoor yard. Many of these points are outdoors or in areas washed by rain or condensation.

That is why oil-only absorbents suit power sites. They are made from 100% polypropylene meltblown, which takes up oils and fuels and repels water, so a pad in a wet transformer yard picks up the oil and leaves the rainwater behind.

Which format goes where

A range for power plants usually covers:

• Pillows: under leaking valves, inside drip pans and sumps, and as overnight leak cover where a pad is too thin.
• Pads: drips under pumps, compressors and generators, and lining drip trays and repair zones.
• Rolls: large-area cover under plant and temporary flooring during servicing and outages, perforated to tear to size.
• Socks: around machine bases and sumps, around drains, and damming a spill before it spreads.
• Booms: protecting drains and outfalls.
• Recycled felt: generator and compressor room floors, plant yards and site huts.

Recycled felt for generator and compressor rooms

Our shoddy felt pads and rolls are needle-punched from reclaimed textile fibre with no chemical binders. The oil grade, 80% recycled cotton and 20% recycled polyester, is made for oil, fuel and lubricant clean-up on hard surfaces; the universal grade, from recycled viscose and acrylic fibre, also takes up coolants and water-based fluids. The felt is dense and heavy, lies flat and conforms to rough floors, and can be cut to any size because it is unperforated. It is for hard surfaces, not open water. Where a buyer asks for recycled content, it gives a straightforward answer.

Planned outages and stock

Maintenance outages use absorbents in volume: rolls laid as temporary flooring, pads and pillows under opened equipment, socks around work areas. If you supply plants for their outages, tell us the quantities per product and we will plan one container to cover them.

Supply under your brand

Oil-only comes in white or blue as standard, and construction, size, fill, perforation, print and packing are open. You can combine 5–6 different products in one 40'HQ container, so oil-only absorbents and recycled felt can travel together. Plain polybags are standard; printed polybags, cartons and labels are available at extra cost.