Combustion and Heat Recovery of Air Force Waste Petroleum Oils and Lubricants.

摘要

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the technical feasibility of disposing of waste oils and contaminated fuels generated at Air Force bases by burning them with fuel oil and/or natural gas in a conventional boiler installation. Waste aviation piston-engine oil,synthetic turbine lubricant,hydraulic fluid, Stoddard solvent,crankcase oil,JP-4jet fuel,and aviation gasoline were burned in No. 2,No. 6fuel oils,and with natural gas 'carriers.'The results of combustion tests,conducted for as long as 3hours,indicated that the waste oils could be burned at as high as 5percent by volume in the fuel oils without producing any significant air pollution or boiler corrosion problems. Each gallon of waste oil or contaminated fuel burned saves approximately a gallon of fuel oil.