The refinery has two groups of slop tanks. The first group is used to recover oil from the API separator, and the second group is located in the tank farm (see Figure 6-49). The oil …

Nov 1, 2020 · This work provides an improved understanding of slop oil treatment, with useful implications for developing feasible, effective and cost-efficient techniques for treating slop oil …

Jan 1, 2024 · Slop oil, a complicated mixture of oil, water, and fine particulates, is widely generated in the oil and gas sector during exploration, production, an…

Jan 1, 2011 · The burning fuel expel occurs in three main forms: (i) slop over occurs as discontinuous frothing release of fuel from the tank on one side of its wall. (ii) froth over is a …

Jan 1, 2011 · Boilover occurs in storage tank fires where the fuel is a mixed hydrocarbon with a wide boiling range, such as crude oil. When the water, which is generally present at the bottom …

Jan 1, 2006 · In 1979, pyrophoric action started a fire in a slop tank at a Joliet, Illinois, USA refinery resulting in the loss of three tanks (Persson & Lonnermark, 2004). In 1962, a small …

Jul 1, 2019 · In this paper, a new heating coil design is proposed and analyzed. Contrary to conventional designs, wherein the heating coils are evenly distributed over the tank bottom, …

Oct 15, 2013 · Stable water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion is a typical physical form of petroleum sludge waste [11]. In the upstream operation, the related oily sludge sources include slop oil at oil …

A SBT is a compartment within a boat, ship or other floating structure that holds water. In most of the cases and for the discussed cases in this review the used ballast water is seawater. All …

Jan 1, 1994 · This article describes the development of a bioremediai technology for the treatment and disposal of high hydrocarbon content oily wastes known as "slop oil" or "sludges". These …