Heavy oils skimming

Oil leaks typically require the use of demulsifiers, defoamers, and temporary oil-skimming equipment. Also, heavy chlorination and the use of nonoxidizers effective against SRBs are recommended. Chlorination usually requires the pH to be reduced to 6.5 to 7.0. Add chlorine to provide 1.0 to 2.0 ppm free CI2 for 4 to 6 hours. Also, add 100 to 200 ppm nonionic surfactant 1 to 5 ppm defoamer may be required. All attempts should be made to reduce oil contamination to an absolute minimum. Even in oil refinery cooling systems, where the risk of periodic oil leaks is high, free oil should never exceed 5 ppm. 

Condensate with heavy oil contamination can first be treated by oil skimming or settling, or otherwise must be simply sent to the effluent treating facility. 

The presence of oil from certain texturing, knitting, or other operation can lead to oil-bound deposits caking the air washer systems or to heavy foaming. Demulsification and subsequent oil removal by skimming is preferred to emulsification procedures. 

Kawahara [21] has discussed the characterisation and identification of spilled residual fuel oils on surface water using gas chromatography and infrared spectrophotometry. The oily material was collected by surface skimming and extraction with dichloromethane, and the extract was evaporated. Preliminary distinction between samples was made by dissolving portions of the residue in hexane or chloroform. If the residue was soluble in chloroform but not in hexane it was assumed to be crude oil, a grease, a heavy residual fuel oil or an asphalt if it was soluble in both solvents it was assumed to be very light or heavy naphtha, kerosine, gas oil, white oil, diesel oil, jet fuel, cutting oil, motor oil or cutter stock. The residue was also examined by infrared spectrophotometiy wavenumber values of use for identification purposes are tabulated. 

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One compartment continuously supplies caustic solution to a group of washers as the other stands for 24 h, allowing heavy materials to settle as oils float to the surface. Then, surface oils containing less than 0.1 percent water are skimmed off and drained into a waste tank these may then be sold to an oil reclamation firm. While one wash solution in the first compartment undergoes treatment, the clean solution in the other compartment is circulated through the washers. 

Fluids are often used in cleaning processes. Fluid baths should be continuously filtered and monitored so as to replace or replenish the active ingredients as they are used or become contaminated. The particle content of the fluid can be continually monitored. In cases of removing heavy contamination, the surface of the fluid can be skimmed as contaminants such as oils rise to the surface. This can be done by using overflow tanks or skimming the surface with absorbent toweling. There are a number of ways to ly the fluids to the surface to be cleaned. 

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