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SUPERFUND TREATABILITY CLEARINGHOUSE: INPUT/OUTPUT DATA FOR SEVERAL TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
Citation:
U.S. EPA. SUPERFUND TREATABILITY CLEARINGHOUSE: INPUT/OUTPUT DATA FOR SEVERAL TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/2-89/048, 1989.
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Description:
This treatability study is a pilot-scale evaluation of a thin-film evaporator (TFE) for volatile organics (VO) removal from oily sludges such as refinery sludges. TFEs were studied to evaluate their use to remove and recover VO from these sludges prior to land treatment. This would reduce the amount of VO available for release during land treatment of the sludges. The process can also be operated to remove water and low boiling point oils, reducing sludge volume while recovering oil from the sludges prior to disposal. The organics were recovered as a condensate and recycled to the petroleum refinery as product.