Crude oil sludges and other relatively heavy hydrocarbon liquid sludges are mixed with diatomaceous earth or perlite to form a friable and flowable solids mixture which is conveyed to a combustion unit, such as rotary kiln, calciner or lift pipe type combustor, wherein combustion of the hydrocarbons is carried out to provide gaseous combustion products and a substantially hydrocarbon free solids mixture. The solids discharged from the combustion unit may be recycled for use in the mixing process to reduce the sludge to a friable material for introduction to the combustion unit and excess solids may be discharged for disposal.
This invention provides a method and apparatus for recycling paper pulp sludge. Paper pulp sludge is incinerated in a rotary kiln, typically a rotary cement kiln, asphalt dryer, or fluidized bed incinerator. Paper pulp sludge is fed continuously into said rotary kiln while temperatures are maintained in the range of approximately 800.degree. to 3500.degree. F. During incineration, mixing catalysts (typicaly casein or soy protein) and wood pulp fibers are burned, while moisture is evaporated. The resulting incinerated product consists essentially of carbonate particles which are collected for subsequent use. Typically, but not exclusively, later use of the resulting product could be as mineral filler binding agents in the manufacture of construction products such as concrete, asphalt and others; or in gravel-based construction operations; or in earthen-fill constructions operations; or in other ways.
A process and equipment for pyrolyzing packaged biomedical waste in a reactive metal alloy in an oxygen deficient atmosphere and separating for recycling the resultant carbon, glass, and metal while venting resultant hydrogen and nitrogen from an aqueous off gas scrubber.
A method of waste water treatment including mixing waste material with a binder, pelletizing the mixture and kiln incineration of the pellets to ceramify same, with processing of flue gases. In an embodiment, the pH of the mixture is maintained alkaline. In an embodiment, the pelletized mixture is coated with ball clay to 10-20% by weight, and then with china clay, prior to firing. The high temperature flue gases and entrained heavy metal or dust exhausting the kiln are directed through a multistage scrubbing system. In an embodiment, volatiles are adsorbed prior to the gas passing through an alkali wet scrubber to remove chlorine compounds and heavy metals, and sulphur compounds. The sludge from the acid scrubber is neutralized and further treated to remove mercury.
Method for disposal of oily refinery sludges containing a hydrocarbon component, a solids component comprising sediments such as sand, silt, rust or scale, and water in an operating rotary kiln comprising a heated, rotating cylinder containing in-process mineral matter comprising analyzing the oily refinery sludge to determine its composition, drying the oily refinery sludge to a bulk granular material having an energy content of at least about 4,000 BTU per pound, and charging the dried bulk granular material to the rotary kiln and burning the bulk granular material therein.
The present invention relates to a method for treating water material containing hydrocarbon, wherein the waste material is supplied in a reactor, gas containing oxygen is supplied in the reactor, said substances are combusted to form gaseous combustion products and solid residue and said solid residue is discharged from the reactor. The gas containing oxygen is supplied continuously in the reactor in amounts insufficient for complete oxidation of the waste material, said gas containing oxygen is supplied so as to pass it through a layer of said solid residue and the gaseous combustion products are passed through a layer of untreated waste material to form a product gas containing hydrocarbons and droplets of liquid hydrocarbons.
