OT 708
Demulsifier for De-ashing Treatment of Waste Lube Oil Emulsions
For use in treating lube oil emulsions containing oil, water and heavy metals (ash).
OT 708 is a De-ashing Demulsifier designed to typically reduce the ash content of treated emulsions by up to 80-90%.
Where to Use
The process requires a treatment tank, which, preferably, has the following options:
- Corrosion resistant construction (i.e. plastic or coated/lined steel): required as process uses OT 708 with sulphuric acid.
- Mixing or circulating facility (bottom to top).
- Heating-facility or heat-exchanger installed in the circulating system.
- Insulation: in order to maintain the temperature during the setting-process.
- Injection-pump: to add the demulsifier into the oil.
How to Use
The Process consists of the following steps:
- Fill the treatment tank with the oil emulsion to be treated.
- Sample the tank contents to determine the water content in the oil.
- If necessary, add extra water and mix in to ensure a total water-content of approximately 20−30%.
- Heat the oil/water mixture to 80°C.
- Add sulphuric acid to the tank at typically 2,500 ppmv (2.5 litres per m³).
- Ensure good mixing during and after adding the sulphuric acid.
- Add OT 708 to the tank (normally between 2,500 and 5,000 ppmv).
- Ensure good mixing during and after adding OT 708.
- Stop the mixing/circulating and shut off the heating.
- Leave the contents of the tank to settle for one to three days.
After the settling period the water-phase should be separated at the bottom of the tank. Normally this water-phase is quite acidic, ie pH of ~2. The discharged water-phase will be slightly corrosive, and adequate protection measures are required (settling tanks, pipelines etc). There will be a thin interphase layer present containing water, oil and sediments. Top phase will be the oil, containing typically less than 0.5% of water; the ash-content will be reduced by 80 to 90% compared to the original waste oil to be treated.
Technical Data
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Red-brown liquid |
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<2 |
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1.03 |
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>68°C |
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N/A |
Pack sizes
- 200 Litre drums
- 1000 Litre IBCs