Experimental research on smoldering combustion for oily sludge. Issue 1 (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Tianyu; Jiang, Wenming; Liu, Yang; Chen, Shaoqi; Ding, Juhua
• Is Part Of: IOP conference series. Volume 569:Issue 1(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Earth sciences -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Congresses; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; 550.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/569/1/012019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-1307

Abstract

Abstract: 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.