Closed System of Petroleum Refineries

Solid Waste Management in Petroleum Refineries Jadea

Waste management became focus of attention of many researchers and scientists in the last half century due to its vital importance. Waste management covered waste source reduction in general, by recycling, reusing, composting, incineration with or without energy recovery, fuel production and land filling. A common approach of waste management models were for specific problems with a limited sco...

Co-processing of biogenic feedstocks in petroleum refineries

Water pollution control in petroleum refineries in the United States.

The principal use of water by the petroleum refining industry in the United States of America is in the refining branch itself, and the present paper is concerned with problems arising from this use of water, and some of the measures being taken by the industry to solve these problems. The compilation oftheManualonDisposalof Refinery Wastes is briefly alludedto, and the importance ofrecirculati...

A Review on Wastewater Treatment for Petroleum Industries and Refineries

The industrial wastewater treatment is gaining more and more importance with the rapidly increasing need for expansion of existing plants and erection of new plants to cater the needs of chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical products and intermediates. The treatment of the wastewater is key to the sustainable and acceptable industrial growth. Petroleum industries and refineries are importa...

COMMENTS ON EPA’S DRAFT “EMISSION ESTIMATION PROTOCOL FOR Petroleum Refineries

The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) appreciates the opportunity to submit comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) draft “Emission Estimation Protocol for Petroleum Refineries” (Protocol) posted for public comment on the Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors (CHIEF) website on December 23, 2009. Petroleum refineries are a major source of air pollution in ...