Biocomposite Materials for Purification of Aqueous Media Contaminated with Hydrocarbons

Abstract—A biocomposite material has been created on the basis of a polymer matrix (a copolymer of acrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate) with incorporated biogenic elements in the form of beet pulp and immobilized strains of bacteria or an association of bacteria isolated from contaminated petroleum products. The high activity of the created material in the processes of purification of model seawater from hydrocarbons has been shown.