| MATERIAL: |
Contents of waste lagoon (coal tar distillate bottoms). Lagoon settled into four layers. Water layer on top. Below the water layer are three coal tar distillate layers:
Light oil sludge (LOS) 20%
Viscous rubbery (VR) 35%
Hard Crumbly (HC) 50% |
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PROBLEM: |
Mix and disperse three layers of coal tar distillate bottoms sludge with a small amount of solvent. Produce stable slurry to be mixed with fuel oil for burning. |
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RESULTS: |
Final slurry dispersed evenly and suitable for mixing with fuel oil. |
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AB MIXER: |
Model 6 x 3, toothed impeller/liner, 10 HP, 1800 RPM, 1/8" grid. Vertically mounted underneath tank. |
| PROCEDURE: |
2.5 Gallons LOS, 3.5 gallons VR and 1 gallon Kerosene hand mixed and charged to tank. 4 gallons of HC (sliced into 1-1/2" cubes) added to the liquid mixture being recirculated by Dicon at 12 gpm. |
| BENEFITS |
Varying viscosity sludges and solid waste turned into uniform burnable fuel. |