North Carolina used motor oil re-refinging program. Plant operation and quality control tests. Topical report 4
A cooperative project is described to re-refine used motor oil for use in state-owned vehicles. The re-refining plant has a rated capacity of two million gallons per year for full operation, utilizes up-to-date technology, and is capable of producing a lube-stock product of very high quality. While the overall project has a number of objectives, the objectives of the work described in this report are to investigate the chemistry of the process and to develop and test a set of quality control analyses that will assure that the plant is producing a satisfactory lubestock product. In addition, a number of tests were also developed to aid in the operation of the plant. This report presents a brief description of the plant and its operation, a discussion of the process and the process chemistry, a description of the tests developed and used, a discussion of sampling and sample locations, and an evaluation of the tests for assuring satisfactory plant operation and quality control of the lubestock product. 6 references, 4 figures, 15 tables.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG01-80CS40338
- OSTI ID:
- 6867789
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/40338-5; ON: DE84014456
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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