Integrated oil sludge processing technology

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Process Description
Feedstock - Oil sludge is pre-processed in separation unit 1 with separation of oil concentrate in contaminated water and mechanical impurities. Oil-contaminated water is discharged through treatment unit 2 to obtain regulatory clean water, and mechanical impurities in unit 3 are processed into road construction materials, which are used as a component of asphalt-concrete mixtures. Oil concentrate in unit 4 in the presence of solvent (hydrocarbon fraction) and stabilization vapors is further treated to obtain feedstock. The feedstock is thermally converted in unit 5 to produce solvent, light fractions, residual fraction and acid gas. The solvent is recycled into unit 4 to dilute the oil concentrate. The light fractions in unit 6 are hydrostabilized and stabilized to produce light commercial products.
The residual fraction is removed and used as fuel atmospheric residue, and hydrogen sulfide-containing hydrocarbon gas is treated in desulfurization unit 7 to obtain elemental sulfur and fuel gas.

Process features
  • Production of hydrocarbon fractions, heating oil and road construction materials
  • Treatment of oil-contaminated water
  • Minimization of wastes

Technical Specification
  • Feedstock — liquid oil sludge
  • Feedstock capacity: up to 100,000 t/year

Patents of the Russian Federation No.
2544649, 2550843

Development level, industrial application
  • Developed design concepts