Readership
Recommended to engineers and scientists in the oil refining industry as well as chemical engineering and industrial chemistry students as the methodologies outlined in this book will be useful in their project design, and enhance their analytical knowledge of a chemical process with respect to productivity and efficiency
Design Aspects of Used Lubricating Oil Re-Refining, 1st Edition
Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Background
Chapter 3: Experimental, Materials and
Methods
3.1 Materials
3.2 Solvent Extraction Experimental Design
3.3 Experimental Apparatus
3.3.1 The Oldershaw Sieve Plate Column
3.3.2 The Vacuum Distillation Unit
3.3.2.1 The Distillation Apparatus
3.3.2.2 The Vacuum Unit
3.3.3 Simple Vacuum Distillation Unit
3.3.4 Simple Atmospheric Distillation Unit
3.4 Experimental Procedures
3.4.1 Dehydration
3.4.2 Solvent Extraction
3.4.2.1 Optimum Solvent to Oil Ratio
3.4.2.2 Optimum Solvents Composition
3.4.2.3 Preparation of Large Amounts of Solvent Treated Oil
3.4.3 Vacuum Distillation
3.4.3.1 Used Lubricating Oil
3.4.3.2 Virgin Oil
3.4.3.3 Solvent Treated Oi
3.5 Analysis and Tests Methods
Chapter 4:The Re-refining Process Experimental Results
4.1 Dehydration
4.2 Solvent Extraction
4.2.1 The Optimum Solvent to Oil Ratio
4.2.2. Optimum Solvent Composition
4.2.2.1 Model Fitting
4.2.2.2 The Optimisation Procedure
4.3 Solvent Stripping
4.4 Vacuum Distillation
4.4.1 Used Lubricating Oil
4.4.1.1.Vacuum Pressure
4.4.1.1 Boiling Points
4.4.2 Virgin Lubricating Oil
4.4.2.1 Heat Rate
4.4.2.2 Charge
4.4.3 Solvent Treated Oil
4.4.3.1 Reflux Ratio
4.4.3.2 Vacuum Pressure
4.4.3.3 Reflux Time Base
4.5 Comparison of the Properties of Used oil, Virgin Oil, and Used Solvent Treated Oil Distillates
4.6 Comparison between Used Oil, Virgin Oil and Re-refined Oil
4.7 Comparison between Still Pot, Liquid Condensate, and Vapour Temperatures
4.8 Pilot Plant and Mass Balance Calculations
Chapter 5: Re-refining Process Conclusions
