Waste Engine Oils - Rerefining and Energy Recovery

Description

This book presents a complete description of the field of engine used oils, widely collected in the networks of services-stations and garages. It describes the manufacture of base oils in refineries, and mentions the main additives playing an essential role in the quality of the marketed finished oils. The organization of the different systems of collecting in order to obtain a waste oil regenerable or used as fuel are explained. This book covers the main operations of physical and chemical treatments required in waste oil regeneration by covering the fundamental principles techniques such as vacuum distillation, solvent deasphalting, and ultrafiltration. A wide part is dedicated to applications with the description of about twenty processes. In addition, the book describes several types of energetic valorizations which concern a quite important fraction of the collected oil volume. This book provides a comprehensive approach of the waste oil valorization, an overview of chemical engineering operations applied to waste oil, and an objective view of a subject giving rise to competitiveness between the two routes of valorization. Waste oil regenerators, waste oil energy recovery users, process licensors, consultants, administration executives, chemical and petroleum engineers, environmental chemists and government officials will benefit from this book. Content: Front Matter • Acronyms • Preface • Table of Contents • Introduction •Part I. From Finished Lubricating Oil to Waste Oil 1. The Manufacture of Finished Lubricant Oil 2. Oil Behaviour in Engines, Collecting, and Control •Part II. Rerefining Used Engine Oils 3. Oil Composition and the Required Treatment Steps 4. Leading Industrial and Non-Industrial Processes •Part III. Energy Recovery from Waste Engine Oil 5. Combustion of Waste Engine Oil with or without other Fuels 6. Alternative Valorization Routes (Refinery, Cogeneration, Rerefining Residue) 7. Comparison of Rerefining and Combustion Routes in Terms of Saved Petroleum Equivalent Tons Appendices • Bibliography Index