Green Rust Treatment Agent for Crude Oil Sludge Decomposition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Crude oil sludge in storage tanks is difficult to treat due to its composition of hydrocarbon substances, water, microorganic decomposition products, sand, and rust, requiring effective agents and methods for decomposition and solubilization to facilitate easy discharge.
Innovation Solution
A crude oil sludge treatment agent containing green rust, which is mixed with crude oil sludge and water under alkali conditions, optionally with metals or metal ferrites like aluminum, yttrium, zinc, copper, tin, or silicon ferrites, and basalt fibers to enhance decomposition and solubilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional surfactant-based treatment agents are used, then the treatment process can proceed, but the decomposition effectiveness of crude oil sludge is insufficient and treatment time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the chemical composition parameters of the treatment agent by incorporating green rust (a ferrous-ferric hydroxide mineral) alongside conventional surfactants. This parameter change enables more effective decomposition of hydrocarbon substances in crude oil sludge, reducing treatment time while maintaining effectiveness against the complex sludge composition including waxes, asphaltene, and microorganic decomposition products.
Solution Approach 2:
The treatment agent employs a composite material approach by combining green rust with surfactants. This composite formulation leverages the decomposition capabilities of green rust on hydrocarbon substances while the surfactant component handles the emulsification and solubilization of oil components, creating a synergistic effect that improves overall treatment efficiency and reduces processing time.
2Reliability
If green rust is added to the treatment agent, then decomposition effectiveness improves, but the agent composition becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention modifies the chemical composition parameters of the treatment agent by incorporating green rust (a ferrous-ferric hydroxide mineral) alongside conventional surfactants. This parameter change enables more effective decomposition of hydrocarbon substances in crude oil sludge, reducing treatment time while maintaining effectiveness against the complex sludge composition including waxes, asphaltene, and microorganic decomposition products.
3Reliability
If basalt fibers are used for adsorption, then microorganism removal improves, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses basalt fibers as an intermediary adsorbent material placed within the treatment container. These fibers adsorb microorganisms present in the crude oil sludge during the treatment process. The basalt fibers serve as a passive intermediary that enhances microorganism removal without requiring active mechanical systems, thereby improving reliability while minimizing structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The treatment agent effectively decomposes and solubilizes crude oil sludge components, allowing for efficient discharge from storage vessels, reducing odor-causing hydrogen sulfide and thiols concentrations, and shortening treatment time.
Implementation Method 1
The treatment agent effectively decomposes and solubilizes crude oil sludge components
Implementation Method 2
The treatment agent effectively decomposes and solubilizes crude oil sludge components, allowing for efficient discharge from storage vessels
Implementation Method 3
Methods are also known that employ basalt fibers to adsorb microorganisms in sludge treatment methods
Implementation Method 4
reducing odor-causing hydrogen sulfide and thiols concentrations
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AI summary
The crude oil sludge treatment agent is mixed with crude oil sludge and water and used for treatment of the crude oil sludge under alkali conditions. The crude oil sludge treatment agent contains green rust. The crude oil sludge treatment agent may further contain either or both a metal and a metal ferrite. The metal and the metal of the metal ferrite are one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum, yttrium, zinc, copper, tin, chromium and silicon. The crude oil sludge treatment agent may also contain one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum ferrite, yttrium ferrite and zinc ferrite. The crude oil sludge treatment method includes a mixing step in which crude oil sludge, water and green rust are mixed under alkali conditions.