Agitation and transportation of refinery solids waste
AssigneeThe Maitland Company
InventorRobert M. Rumph
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Abstract
A method for disposing of solid refinery waste is disclosed. The method includes removing solid waste constituents from inside a refinery tank using excavating machinery, delumping the solid waste constituents, and conveying the delumped solid waste constituents into a mobile tank. The method further includes transporting the delumped solid waste constituents in the mobile tank to a burning facility, adding at least one diluent, mixing, and pumping from the mobile tank a flowable mixture of refinery waste and the at least one diluent at the burning facility.
Claims14
A method for disposing of solid refinery waste, the method comprising:
- removing solid waste constituents from inside a refinery tank using excavating machinery;
- delumping the solid waste constituents;
- conveying the delumped solid waste constituents into a mobile tank;
- maintaining a head space between a top level of the delumped solid waste constituents in the mobile tank and a top wall of the mobile tank;
- transporting the delumped solid waste constituents in the mobile tank to a burning facility;
- adding at least one diluent to the head space;
- mixing the at least one diluent with the delumped solid waste constituents using an agitator;
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- pumping from the mobile tank a flowable mixture of refinery waste and the at least one diluent at the burning facility.
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