scholarly journals Enhanced Separation of Oil and Solids in Oily Sludge by Froth Flotation at Normal Temperature

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2163
Author(s):  
Wenying Li ◽  
Hongyang Lin ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Zhenxiao Shang ◽  
Qiuhong Li ◽  
...  

Oily sludge (OS) contains a large number of hazardous materials, and froth flotation can achieve oil recovery and non-hazardous disposal of OS simultaneously. The influence of flotation parameters on OS treatment and the flotation mechanism were studied. OS samples were taken from Shengli Oilfield in May 2017 (OSS) and May 2020 (OST), respectively. Results showed that Na2SiO3 was the suitable flotation reagent treating OSS and OST, which could reduce the viscosity between oil and solids. Increasing flotation time, impeller speed and the ratio of liquid to OS could enhance the pulp shear effect, facilitate the formation of bubble and reduce pulp viscosity, respectively. Under the optimized parameters, the oil content of OST residue could be reduced to 1.2%, and that of OSS could be reduced to 0.6% because of OSS with low heavy oil components and wide solid particle size distribution. Orthogonal experimental results showed that the impeller speed was the most significant factor of all parameters for OSS and OST, and it could produce shear force to decrease the intensity of C-H bonds and destabilize the OS. The oil content of residue could be reduced effectively in the temperature range of 24–45 °C under the action of high impeller speed.

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (12) ◽  
pp. 2875-2881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evans M. N. Chirwa ◽  
Tshepo Mampholo ◽  
Oluwademilade Fayemiwo

The oil producing and petroleum refining industries dispose of a significant amount of oily sludge annually. The sludge typically contains a mixture of oil, water and solid particles in the form of complex slurry. The oil in the waste sludge is inextractible due to the complex composition and complex interactions in the sludge matrix. The sludge is disposed of on land or into surface water bodies thereby creating toxic conditions or depleting oxygen required by aquatic animals. In this study, a fumed silica mixture with hydrocarbons was used to facilitate stable emulsion (‘Pickering’ emulsion) of the oily sludge. The second step of controlled demulsification and separation of oil and sludge into layers was achieved using either a commercial surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)) or a cost-effective biosurfactant from living organisms. The demulsification and separation of the oil layer using the commercial surfactant SDS was achieved within 4 hours after stopping mixing, which was much faster than the 10 days required to destabilise the emulsion using crude biosurfactants produced by a consortium of petrochemical tolerant bacteria. The recovery rate with bacteria could be improved by using a more purified biosurfactant without the cells.


2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 2292-2295
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Zhao Yang Wang ◽  
Jing Xin Sun ◽  
Li Wei ◽  
Bin Song Wang ◽  
...  

Drained sludge of Daqing oilfield No.4 oil production plant was collected from bottoms of tanks, and the oil content was usually lower than 2%. In this paper, the contents of petroleum substances, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and animal and plant oil were investigated. Ultrasound-UV method was used to detect the oil content of oily sludge. Results showed that the best ultrasound time was 8 min and the best solid-liquid ratio for the extraction was about 1:20. The standard curve was constructed. The comparison between the ultrasound-UV method and the traditional method shows that the ultrasound-UV method is more suitable for the detection of oil content of oily sludge with lesser oil. Moreover, the methods of detecting sludge with lower oil content have been established.


1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Steven Cohen ◽  
Stephen Dalton

ABSTRACT The U.S. Coast Guard's success with the high seas skimming barrier prompted the development of a smaller, half-scale version for use in protected bays and harbors. The smaller version (SCOOP) enables more rapid deployment with significantly fewer people. Individual components of the system include a 65-foot section of skimming barrier with redesigned skimming struts, 200 feet of containment boom, two 30-foot work boats for storage, transport, and operation of the system, trailers to carry the boats to the scene, and an oil recovery system including double-acting diaphragm pump, gravity-type oil-water separator, and 750-gallon collapsible storage bags. In tests at the Environmental Protection Agency's Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) facility, the SCOOP exhibited recovery efficiencies between 30 percent and 60 percent over a speed range of 0.5 to 1.75 knots. The oil recovery rate was between 30 and 70 gallons per minute over the same speed range. At speeds below 0.9 knots there were no losses of oil from the boom. The system has been delivered to the Coast Guard Gulf Strike Team in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where it is being evaluated through use in routine spill response operations and exercises.


Author(s):  
Shuting Fu ◽  
Wenbiao Wu

The extraction of oil by a new aqueous method has been promoted because it is environmentally friendly, safe and economical of cost. A new aqueous method using 1.4:10.0 water-to-pecan kernel slurry ratio was developed, which recovered 97.73% of oils from the kernel containing 70.47% crude oil content. The method had a higher oil recovery as compared to enzyme-assisted extraction or solvent extraction or cold pressing in terms of producing oil for safe consumption. The method recovered oils with 0.47 mg KOH/g acid value and 0.34 mmol/kg peroxide value which were identical to that obtained by enzyme-assisted aqueous method and lower than that obtained by solvent extraction. The de-oiled pecan meal obtained by the new aqueous method only contained 5.14% residual oils, which was edible since no harmful chemical was added during oil extraction. No waste water was produced during the aqueous extraction of oils.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Khamael M. Abualnaja ◽  
Hala M. Abo-Dief ◽  
Ola A. Abu Ali ◽  
Abdullah Al-Anazi ◽  
Ashraf T. Mohamed

The oily sludge treatments catch widespread attention. But, management of sludge is difficult and costly undertaking. The oil recovery pyrolysis temperature, heating rate and carbon wt.% is discussed. The recovered aliphatic, aromatic, elemental components and gases were obtained with respect to the nitrogen flow rate. The present work showed that as the heating rate increases, both the %pyrolysis oil and gases increases up to 600 OC, while the %pyrolysis char decreases. Beyond 600 OC, the pyrolysis gases% increases, the pyrolysis oil% decreases while the %pyrolysis char continuous decreases. Gas chromatography, and calorific value used to examine the hydrocarbon compositions of the virgin, sludge, and pyrolysis oils.


2021 ◽  
Vol 945 (1) ◽  
pp. 012042
Author(s):  
Y M Tang ◽  
W Y Wong ◽  
K T Tan ◽  
L P Wong

Abstract Palm oil is the planet’s most exploited vegetable oil. However, its extensive commercialization has resulted in massive waste, particularly palm oil mill effluent (POME), contributing to severe environmental pollution. POME has a high concentration of oil and grease (O&G) with the mean value of 4,340 mg/L, exceeding the standard discharge limit of 50 mg/L. Hence, the recovery of oil content in POME is crucial as it could be a key material in biodiesel production. The oil droplets in POME exist in two phases: floating in the supernatant and suspended in the solids. During the solvent extraction process, the oil adsorbed by the solid particles is not entirely recovered. Thus, ultrasonication-based process intensification is introduced. Ultrasonication can break apart the solid particles and release the oil content using the principle of sound waves, thereby it will eventually increase the yield of oil recovery from POME. Although some studies were done on oil extraction from POME, the use of ultrasonication technique to enhance the extraction of oil from POME has never been done. The current research work is to investigate the feasibility of using ultrasonication technique to enhance the oil recovery from POME and compare it to a non-ultrasonicated POME. Overall, this research discovered that using ultrasonication as a pre-treatment would improve oil recovery yield from POME by 39.17% as compared to non-ultrasonicated sample under the optimum ultrasonication conditions of 30% amplitude and 30 seconds duration.


1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo-Hwa Tay ◽  
S. Jeyaseelan

Proper sludge conditioning facilitates better dewatering of sludges. Sludge conditioning techniques required for different sludges bigbly depend on the properties of the sludges. Dewatering characteristics of oily sludges were studied for different degrees of oil content in sludge with lime as sludge conditioner. The optimum dosage of lime was found to range from 6% to 10% to yield favourable characteristics of the sludge for better filterability. Also the established correlations between the combinations of dewatering characteristics, such as specific resistance, capillary suction time, cake solid content and filter yield provide means of quick indication for the nature of the sludges.


2012 ◽  
Vol 203-204 ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju Zhang ◽  
Jianbing Li ◽  
Ronald W. Thring ◽  
Xuan Hu ◽  
Xinyuan Song
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