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How industrial water filtration can improve efficiency and save you money

Over the course of the past couple of decades, industrial water filtration has become one of the most important considerations for the average manufacturing facility in North America. These concerns have only increased as water supplies have dwindled and wastewater contamination standards have become more stringent. All of this has led to the need to choose the right industrial water filters and ...

Mar. 31, 2017

By Filtra Systems

How Tire Shredding Protects Wildlife

One of the most revolutionary inventions in the history of mankind was the wheel, and the best upgrade to that invention was the rubber tire, which overcame the limitations of wooden or metal wheels and made it possible to have smooth rides at fast speeds. However, there is a significant drawback to using rubber tires: eventually, they get too worn out to be useful as tires anymore and have to ...

Jun. 14, 2017

By ECO Green Equipment

International Tire Recycling Spotlight: Venezuela

Tire recycling is a serious global concern. Scrap tires take up far too much space, they can spawn devastating tire fires that burn for weeks or even months when stored together in large numbers, and they they leach chemicals into soil and groundwater. Recycling is an absolute necessity, but not easily done. Most developed countries have produced millions of scrap tires (at the very least), and ...

May 30, 2017

By ECO Green Equipment

Waste Oil

Waste oil trucks are tanker trucks that are designed for the specific purpose of picking up waste oils, such as yellow grease, brown grease and motor oils. If you’re in need of waste oil tanker trucks, you’ll want to purchase them from a company that provides a number of customization options to ensure that your waste oil tanker trucks meet your specific needs. Here at Amthor ...

Nov. 29, 2016

By Amthor International

Flaxseed Oil Waste

A commercial manufacturer of flaxseed oil was having a problem obtaining the FOG and TSS level required by their local POTW. A sample was submitted to our laboratories for treatment analysis. The wastewater was at a pH of 7.0 so no adjustment was required. The sample was treated with Floccin J and the results met their ...

Jan. 29, 2009

By Integrated Engineers Inc.

WIRAJASA Waste Oil Burner

Brief description on our patented Waste Oil Burner that was introduced in 2008. This innovative device works on two key principles namely pre-heating of waste oil and application of super-heated water or sub-critical steam to enhance the oxidation of heavy oil. Heating capacity of this burner is adjustable starting from 700,000 BTU/hour to 1,400,000 BTU/hour is suitable for various thermal ...

Apr. 30, 2013

By CV Wirajasa Teknik Industri

Used Oil vs. Waste Oil – What’s the difference?

Nice overview of differences between waste oil and used oil. I had thought most of us had a clear understanding of the difference between these two types of oil waste streams but during a recent ISO audit I encountered a site who labeled all of their used oil as “waste oil”. While these terms sound interchangeable there can be differences in how they are managed. ...

Apr. 12, 2014

By EHS Management Strategies, LLC

Oil Skimmers Inc., resolves waste oil problems

Companies that provide reusable containers for shipping of materials and finished goods use a combination of processes to clean and restore the containers between uses. This makes for a wastewater stream full of many types of oils from both the residual contents of the containers and the restoring processes themselves. Of course, these oils must be removed from the water before it can be reused ...

Dec. 26, 2011

By Oil Skimmers, Inc.

Centralised treatment of oil sludge and other industrial waste

Centralised treatment of various sources of industrial waste has been established in many European countries over the last decade. Many facilities are still equipped with non state of the art technology and therefore cannot fulfil the broad field of applications with regard to industrial waste remediation. econ's international client decided to be one step ahead and erected a new econ industries ...

Apr. 14, 2010

By econ industries GmbH

Oil Skimmers, Inc., solves waste oil problems quickly and easily

Many types of industrial processes create waste oil, which can be time-consuming and expensive to collect, store, and dispose of. Worse yet, without constant effort to remove them, residual oils can build up and cause hazards, contamination, and machine downtime. In the metals industry, oil waste comes from machinery and components used to make steel and other metals, as well as from cleaning ...

Dec. 26, 2011

By Oil Skimmers, Inc.

Answers to questions about oil waste in California aquifers

California, the country's third-largest oil-producing state, has improperly given oil companies more than 2,500 permits to inject production fluids and oilfield waste into underground water supplies that are used for drinking water or irrigation, state records show. Nearly half of those disposal wells were approved or first started injections in the last four years under Gov. Jerry Brown, an ...

Feb. 5, 2015

By Associated Press

Oil Field Produce Waste Water Treatment

Oily Waste Produce Water Treatment Oil Field Produce Waste Water Treatment Testing Produce Water Oil Field Production The oil industry has been ...

Jan. 30, 2009

By Integrated Engineers Inc.

`Must Do` Waste Oil Furnance Maintenance

Recommendations to keep your waste oil burner running at peak performance and resistant to mechanical issues, including a list of typical standard maintenance measures. Getting into a scheduled maintenance routine and making sure you're keeping your furnace running smoothly will keep it generating free heat for your business for many years to come. Failure to maintain your waste oil furnace ...

Mar. 1, 2013

By Clean Energy Heating Systems

You Don’t Need to Generate Waste Oil to Save Money with a Waste Oil Furnace

Waste oil furnaces can save on energy expenses for businesses who convert their used petroleum products into fuel for heat. Cutting costs by recycling waste oil makes good bottom line business sense. And waste oil heaters also help companies act on their commitment to preserving the environment by reusing potentially hazardous waste and preventing it from entering the eco-system. For companies ...

Jan. 28, 2013

By Clean Energy Heating Systems

Oil Recovery

Industrial Wastewater Treatment Success Stories Oil Water Emulsion Wastewater Treatment Industry Oil Recovery - Improved Efficiencies A refinery was having several upsets in their ...

Jan. 30, 2009

By Integrated Engineers Inc.

Review of Selected Waste Streams: Sewage Sludge, Construction and Demolition Waste, Waste Oils, Waste from Coal-fired Power Plants and Biodegradable Municipal Waste

Five waste streams are reviewed in this technical report: sewage sludge, construction and demolition waste, waste oils, waste from coal-fired power plants and biodegradable municipal waste. The review focuses on the quantities of wastes produced and on systems used to collect and treat them in several European countries and ...

Jan. 1, 2002

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

8 Types of Businesses that Can Save BIG with a Waste Oil Heater

Besides the attraction of their environmentally-friendly attributes, waste oil heaters are emerging as a “must have” for certain types of businesses for an even more compelling reason: A waste oil furnace can literally convert an otherwise worthless by-product into substantial savings on energy costs. So, if you’ve got a business that generates used petroleum products in your ...

Oct. 30, 2012

By Clean Energy Heating Systems

Vermicomposting biotechnology: recycling of palm oil mill wastes into valuable products

Abstract Background Palm oil mill effluent and palm press fiber are problematic wastes generated by the palm oil mill industries in Malaysia. This study has endeavored to assess the possibility of the vermicomposting of residue from the palm oil mills using epigeic earthworms Lumbricus rubellus under laboratory conditions. The study was conducted over 50 days using four combinations in ...

Jul. 15, 2013

By Islamic Azad University (IAU)

3 Reasons Your Business Should Have a Waste Oil Heater

All businesses that generate petroleum waste run up against similar challenges. Regulations and increasing energy costs to keep operations going certainly don’t make it easy to maintain a healthy bottom line. But along with those challenges, there are opportunities - thanks to waste oil heaters that burn used motor oil, transmission fluid and other petroleum products. With the benefits of ...

Oct. 29, 2012

By Clean Energy Heating Systems

Trials about composting of solid wastes from palm oil Mills in Indonesia

The solid wastes produced in palm oil mills are empty fruit bunch (EFB), mesocarp fibre, shell, and palm kernel cake. On an average the amount of EFB is 0,220 t of 1 t oil palm fruit bunch (Singh, 1994). In Indonesia, there will be about 2.9 million tonnes EFB (dry basis) in 2000 (Lubis et. al. 1994). At the moment, EFB in Indonesian palm oil mills are burnt in incinerators to reduce the mass and ...

Jan. 2, 1999

By ORBIT e.V.

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