WASTE MINERAL OILS RE-REFINING WITH PHYSICOCHEMICAL METHODS

The Re-refining of Used Lubricating Oils

Re-refined lubricants have been produced in New Zealand for over 50 years. However, their acceptance as a high quality lubricant has been a gradual process, largely because of the scepticism of the public that the product can be re-refined to its original condition. In New Zealand Dominion Oil rerefines about 7 million litres per year, while an older acid clay method is used at Turua near Thame...

Composition-Explicit Distillation Curves of Waste Lubricant Oils and Resourced Crude Oil: A Diagnostic for Re-Refining and Evaluation

Problem statement: We have recently introduced several important improvements in the measurement of distillation curves for complex fluids. The modifications include a compositionexplicit data channel for each distillate fraction and temperature measurements that are true thermodynamic state points that can be modeled with an equation of state. The composition-explicit information is achieved w...

Improving Markets for Waste Oils

Re-refining of Waste Oil - Solvent Is Used in Treatment/Distillation Process

WASTE OIL RECOVERY. Prior to 1960, a significant portion of the demand for automotive lubricating oil was met by re-relined used oil. At the time, 150 re-refineries produced 300 million gal of motor oil annually. Since 1960, however, the production of re-refined oil has steadily declined. In 1981, for example, out of about 1.2 billion gal of automobile lubricating oil and 1.6 billion gal of ind...

Biodiesel Production From Rapeseed Oil With Waste Frying Oils

Biodiesel or fatty acids alkyl esters (FAAE) of long chain are an alternative fuel produced by a transesterification process. The potential production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil in Chile is associated to the solution of economic, environmental and social problems. Experiences from other countries have demonstrated that biodiesel prices are higher than diesel, due to the high costs of the ra...