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Thin-film evaporation as a pretreatment technique for removing volatile organics from petroleum-refinery wastes

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7244242
Oily wastes from petroleum refineries can result in air emissions during the land treatment of these wastes. A pilot-scale thin-film evaporator (TFE) was used to remove volatile organics (VO) from refinery tank-bottom sludge. Different TFE operating parameters were utilized to determine optimum process operating conditions and the percent removal of specific VO compounds was measured. Removal efficiencies of up to 99.9% were obtained, resulting in a 95% reduction in VO emissions from a land treatment test plot.
Research Organization:
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
OSTI ID:
7244242
Report Number(s):
PB-88-195243/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English