CARBON RESIDUAL FROM THE THERMAL PROCESSING OF OIL SLUDGE AS THE BASIS FOR A FUEL COMPOSITION

Abstract

The relevance of the research is caused by the interest in ensuring the thermal costs of oil refining technologies at the expense of by-products (oil sludge), as well as the need to reduce harmful emissions of technological processes. The main aim is research of the possibility of burning the carbon residue obtained during steam gasification of oil sludge as part of a fuel composition with the addition of peat. Objects of the research are carbon residue of oil sludge obtained after steam gasification of oil sludge at 600 °C, and a fuel composition based on it with the addition of peat (25 wt. %). Methods. Thermotechnical characteristics of the studied samples are determined according to SS R 55661-2013, 33503-2015 and 55660-2013. Net calorific values of the peats were determined in the ABK-1 calorimeter (Russia), the elemental composition of the organic matter was determined using the analyzer Vario Micro Cube (Elementar, Germany). Particle size (СROS) was determined using a scanning electron microscope JSM-6000C (JEOL, Japan). The study of the combustion of the samples under consideration was carried out using the differential thermal analyzer STA 449 F3 Jupiter (Netzsch, Germany) and an experimental stand equipped with a high-speed video camera FASTCAM CA4 5 (Photron, USA). The characteristic melting temperatures of ash and its composition are determined according to the SS 2057-94 and the SS 10538-87, respectively. Results. The carbon residue has a calorific value exceeding peat and comparable to brown coals and a rather low ignition temperature (220 °C), which is due to a rather high content of volatile substances (Vdaf =64,3 %). However, high values of ash content (Ad=60 %) and sulfur content (Sdaf=4,3 %) indicate the need to dispose of a large amount of ash and capture sulfur oxides SOx. It is shown that the joint combustion of carbonaceous residue and peat (25 wt. %) allowed reducing the amount of ash residue formed. In addition, when adding 25 wt. % of sukhovskoу peat it was possible to reduce the amount of generated SO2 emissions by more than 3 times. This effect is due to the gas phase interaction with peat mineral part, namely, with calcium and magnesium carbonates.

Keywords

• oil sludge
• carbon residue
• highly mineralized peat
• fuel composition
• combustion
• emissions of sulfur oxides