Open AccessExperimental research on smoldering combustion for oily sludge
Author(s) -
Tianyu Wang,
Wenming Jiang,
Yang Liu,
Shaoqi Chen,
Juhua Ding
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/569/1/012019
Subject(s) - combustion , petroleum , contamination , waste management , environmental science , oil sludge , pulp and paper industry , environmental chemistry , chemistry , engineering , ecology , organic chemistry , biology
Petroleum contaminants like oily sludge and oily spills cause a great damage to the environment. Compared to the conventional treatments to remove the oily contaminants of the soil, smoldering combustion can satisfy the further treatment of contaminants with low oil content. This paper presents the experimental research of smoldering combustion for oily sludge with low oil content. Experimental results showed that petroleum contaminants could be further removed with the condition of continuous heating. However, without external heating, smoldering would not be self-sustaining. Experimental results show that smoldering has the potential to further remove petroleum contaminants in low oil content oily sludge which cannot be treated by other methods.