Studying the Characteristics of Tank Oil Sludge
Tanirbergenova S. Tagayeva A. Rossi C.O. Porto M. Caputo P. Kanzharkan E. Tugelbayeva D. Zhylybayeva N. Tazhu K. Tileuberdi Y.
September 2024Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Processes
2024#12Issue 9
Oil sludge is one of the main pollutants generated by the oil industry. Due to serious pollution and increasing oil production, problems arise every year in the effective treatment of oil sludge. The current study examines the composition and physicochemical characteristics of oil sludge, as well as traditional and new methods for processing oil sludge. With the tightening of environmental protection requirements, oil sludge quality reduction, recycling, and harmless treatment technologies will become necessary in the future. The primary task was to determine the composition of tank oil sludge, separate it from mechanical impurities, and study the influence of ultrasonic treatment and subsequent atmospheric distillation on the extract. The separation of the concentrate and the composition of the tank oil sludge, using an extracted mixture of hexane and benzene, are considered. The use of modern SEM methods, elemental analysis, NMR analysis, IR, ultrasound, and GC–mass spectrometry made it possible to characterize the organic part of reservoir oil sludge and its distillation products. First, 300 g of tank oil sludge was preheated and mixed with 300 mL of solvent (hexane:benzene = 1:1). After mixing with the solvent, the result mixture was filtered. Then, it was placed in an ultrasonic bath and exposed to ultrasound at a frequency of 100 kHz for 30 min. After processing, it was extracted in a Soxhlet apparatus at a temperature of 65 °C to isolate the extract. The resulting extract was analyzed on a gas chromatograph with mass detection. The composition of the extract was as follows (in %): hexane—83.99; total hydrocarbon isomers—7.12; n-hydrocarbons—2.52; benzene—6.37%. At a temperature of 85 °C, the benzene yield was 65.85%. It has been established that the fractions obtained through the distillation of oil sludge at temperatures of 65–85 °C have improved dissolving capacity. It has also been shown that the use of these fractions promotes an increase in the content of hydrocarbon isomers by 12–13% in the extract composition.
extractant , extraction , oil sludge , processing , ultrasonic treatment
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Department of Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Ecology, Almaty Technological University, 100, Tole Bi Str., Almaty, 050012, Kazakhstan
Institute of Combustion Problems, 172, Bogenbay Batyr Str., Almaty, 050012, Kazakhstan
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 45A, Rende, 87036, Italy
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna, 40136, Italy
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Combustion Problems
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
Department of Civil
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