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This article proposed an original comprehensive thermal treatment coupled with gasification and combustion (CGC) of oil sludge (OS), which was designed to produce hydrogen-rich syngas. Based on the experimental results of OS gasification with steam, the combustion characteristics of char from OS gasification were analyzed by thermogravimetric experiments under different heating rates of 10, 20 and 30 °C/min. The combustion process of OS gasification char can be divided into three stages, including water evaporation, volatile combustion and heavy component combustion. The average values of activation energy (E) obtained by Friedman, FWO and Starink methods were 89.98 kJ/mol, 147.61 kJ/mol and 143.09 kJ/mol, respectively. According to OS gasification and OS gasification char combustion experiments, the comprehensive thermal treatment process CGC of OS was simulated by Aspen Plus. The simulation results showed that increasing both gasification temperature and the mass ratio of steam to OS (SOS) could promote the hydrogen production. Considering energy consumption, the recommended OS gasification temperature, SOS and char combustion temperature were 800 ∼ 900 °C, 0.3 ∼ 0.5, and 900 ∼ 1000 °C, respectively, which could ensure full burning of char and reduce the generation of pollutants. The CGC process could reduce CO2 emissions by 44.2% from carbon flow analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Oil sludge is a typical hazardous waste in the petrochemical and electric power industry. It has complex components and special properties, and has serious hazards to humans, plants, water, and soil. Therefore, how to realize the effective disposal of oil sludge has become an urgent issue to be solved worldwide. Among the existing oil sludge treatment approaches, combustion has been considered to be a promising technology to realize the large-scale industrial application. In the present work, the characteristics of oil sludge were described in detail. The application and development of oil sludge combustion technology were critically summarized and discussed, including factors affecting combustion, drying process, combustion characteristics, synergistic treatment technology, and formation and control of secondary pollution. Besides, the development of combustion equipment, and integrated thermal treatment technology for oil sludge were prospected. This work can be used for guiding the industrial disposal of oil sludge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Combustion of High-sulfur oil sludge (OS) blended with CaO can significantly reduce the emission of sulfur gas pollutants, but its combustion and kinetic characteristics need to be further studied. TGA experiments showed the combustion characteristics of OS were significantly changed after adding CaO. As reflected by comprehensive combustion index (S), the combustion performance of OS decreased after adding CaO, and significantly improved with the increase of heating rate. The kinetic parameters of the main combustion process of OS with CaO were calculated by the iso-conversion methods of Friedman, FWO, and Starink, respectively. Kinetic analysis results indicated the energy required for OS combustion with CaO first increased and then decreased with deepening of reaction degree. The thermodynamic parameters of ΔH, ΔG and ΔS were determined on the basis of kinetics. The negative ΔH, positive ΔG, and negative ΔS validated the combustion of OS with CaO was an exothermic and nonspontaneous process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]