Shell Oil Comapny

Humbert H Chu

Stephen Neil Massie

Warren V Bush

A waste sludge that contains water, oil and solids is subjected to filtration under vacuum or an applied inert gas pressure, preferably no more than 50 psia while utilizing a filter aid, to retain the maximum amount of oil in the filter cake. The filter cake is then dried at a relatively low temperature, slightly above the boiling point of water, to selectively remove water and produce a high heating value non-sticking solid. The product thus obtained in suitable for use as a solid fuel for a cement kiln or other combustion facilities. Depending on the amount of oil present in the original sludge, the applied pressure can be varied to retain different amounts of oil and to produce different heating values desired in the final solid fuel.

Treatment of a waste sludge to produce a non-sticking fuel

A process for the removal of cyanides from contaminated oily solid waste performed by utilizing a single processing zone wherein multiple processing steps are carried out to remove contaminants. The steps include loading a contaminated oily solid waste into a zone where the solid is reduced in size, adjusting the pH of the oily solid waste, dewatering or deoiling the oily solid waste and drying the resulting solid, extracting the resulting dried solid with organic solvent, and further drying the extracted solid to remove residual moisture, cyanide, solvent, and volatile organics.

Cyanide removal from oily solid using a solvent extraction process

A process for the removal of hydrocarbons from contaminated oily solids performed under atmospheric conditions by utilizing a single processing zone wherein multiple processing steps are carried out to remove contaminants. The steps include loading contaminated oily solids into a zone where the solids are reduced in size, dewatering or deoiling the oily solids, drying the resulting solids to remove moisture and volatile organics, extracting the resulting dried solid with organic solvent and further drying the extracted resulting dried solid to remove residual moisture, volatile organics and residual solvent, and fixing the metals.

Decontamination extraction process for treatment of oily solids

This invention is a process for removing NH.sub.3 from a NH.sub.3 -containing liquid stream. The process contains the following steps: (a) passing a NH.sub.3 -containing first liquid stream, a heated first gaseous stream, and an ammonium salt-containing second liquid stream obtained from step (d) of this process to a spray drying zone thereby spray drying the liquid stream and producing a spray drying zone effluent containing ammonia-containing gas and solid particles containing ammonium salts; (b) passing the spray drying zone effluent to a solid/gas separating means thereby separating and removing at least a portion of the solid particles and thereby producing a second gaseous stream comprising ammonia and entrained solid particles containing ammonium salts; (c) passing the second gaseous stream to a scrubbing zone to scrub the second gaseous stream, at scrubbing conditions, in the presence of an inorganic or organic acid thereby forming a gaseous stream substantially free of ammonia and an ammonium salt-containing liquid stream containing ammonium salts; and (d) passing at least a portion of the ammonium salt-containing liquid stream as the second liquid stream to the spray drying zone.

Process for removing NH.sub.3 from a liquid stream

Waste sludge that contains water, solids and oil, is mixed with a filter aid that has filter aid characteristics and a heating value of at least 1,000 Btu/lb. The admixture obtained is subjected to filtration yielding a high-Btu combustible material, useful as fuel. This combustible material, optionally after drying to remove water, is very suitable for use as fuel in a cement kiln.

Fuel preparation from a waste sludge

Gas mixtures containing a substantial amount of CO.sub.2 are treated to remove H.sub.2 S by using a selective solvent containing CO.sub.2, usually obtained by understripping loaded solvent during regeneration.

Removal of hydrogen sulfide from a carbon dioxide containing gas mixture

HCN, and HCN along with COS may be removed from gaseous streams, particularly those derived from the gasification of coal, by contacting the gas stream with a catalyst consisting essentially of specified amounts of molybdenum oxide, or precursor or precursors thereof, and alumina.

Removal of HCN, and HCN and COS, from a substantially chloride-free

H.sub.2 S is removed from substantially supercritical CO.sub.2 by contact with a sorbent solution comprising (a) a tertiary amine; (b) particular physical co-sorbent; and (c) 3-10% w water.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Humbert H Chu