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Refining Used Lubricating Oils
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Refining Used Lubricating Oils

by James Speight, Douglas I. Exall
April 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
466 pages
17h 36m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Refining Used Lubricating Oils
265Refining Processes for Used Oil Recycling to Base Oils or Fuels
resins and asphalts from the bottom of the tower. The overhead stream from these
extraction towers then proceeds to a propane recovery section which recovers the
propane for recycling and includes a gas-stripping section to remove residual pro-
pane and water. The oil stream then passes to a multi-unit vacuum distillation system
which removes light ends and the base oil fractions continue to a hydroning section
where the stream is mixed with hydrogen using an in-line static mixer and passes
through multiple units which contain suitable catalysts and operating conditions to
remo ...
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ISBN: 9781466551497