Waste engine oils : rerefining and energy recovery / Francois Audibert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Audibert, François.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lubricating oils--Environmental aspects.

Lubricating oils.

Lubricating oils--Recycling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Waste Engine Oils presents a complete description of the field of engine used oils, widely collected in the networks of services-stations and garages. It describes the manufacture of base oils in refineries, and mentions the main additives playing an essential role in the quality of the marketed finished oils. The organization of the different systems of collecting in order to obtain a waste oil regenerable or used as fuel are explained. This book covers the main operations of physical and chemical treatments required in waste oil regeneration by covering the fundamental principl

Contents:

Cover; Waste Engine Oils: Rerefining and Energy Recovery; Copyright page; Preface; Foreword; Contents; Acronyms; Introduction; Part I: From finished lubricating oil to waste oil; Chapter 1. The manufacture of finished lubricant oil; Chapter 2. Oil behaviour in engines, collecting, and control; Part II: Rerefining used engine oils; Chapter 3. Oil composition and the required treatment steps; Chapter 4. Leading industrial and non-industrial processes; Part III: Energy Recovery from Waste Engine Oil; Chapter 5. Combustion of waste engine oil with or without other fuels

Chapter 6. Alternative valorization routes (refinery, cogeneration, and rerefining residue)Chapter 7. Comparison of rerefining and combustion routes in terms of saved petroleum equivalent tons; Appendixes; Appendix 1. Conversion tables; Appendix 2. Standards generally used in reported analyses; Appendix 3. The Ecobilan report (1997-1998); Appendix 4. EEC directive 87/101 of 22 December 1986 amending EEC directive 75/439 on the disposal of waste oils (extracts); Appendix 5. European Directive 2000/76 (waste incineration); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63701-3

9786610637010

0-08-046517-X

OCLC:

476020317