Waste Lubricating Oil Treatment by Adsorption Process Using Different Adsorbents

Waste lubricating oil re-refining adsorption process by different adsorbent materials was investigated. Adsorbent materials such as oil adsorbent, egg shale powder, date palm kernel powder, and acid activated date palm kernel powder were used. The adsorption process over fixed amount of adsorbent at ambient conditions was investigated. The adsorption/extraction process was able to deposit the asphaltenic and metallic contaminants from the waste oil to lower values. It was found that the date palm kernel powder with contact time of 4 h was able to give the best conditions for treating the waste oil. The recovered solvent could be also reused. It was also found that the activated bentonite gave the best physical properties followed by the date palm kernel powder.

Authors:

• Nabil M. Abdel-Jabbar
• Essam A.H. Al Zubaidy
• Mehrab Mehrvar

Keywords:

• activated bentonite
• egg shale powder
• datepalm kernel powder
• used oil treatment
• used oilcharacteristics.

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