Catalytic Decomposition of Oil Slime in the Presence of Inorganic Salts

Abstract

In the present paper we report on the results of the process of heavy and residual hydrocarbons thermocatalytic processing with metals chlorides KCl, NaCl, MgCl2, AlCl3, FeCl2, FeCl3, ZnCl2, CoCl2 and NiCl2. The pyrolysis process was carried out with an experimental pyrolysis set-up in a temperature range from 450 to 650 °?. The experimental pyrolysis set-up consists of a metal fixed-bed reactor heated with the electric furnace. The study of the kinetics of the oil sludge pyrolysis process was carried out using the thermoscales TG 209 F1 (NETZSCH) with different heating rate (1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 °?/min). The oil-containing waste samples with the amount of crude oil 20 %wt. without a catalyst and with 5 %wt. CoCl2 were used for the analysis.