There are many methods to remove sulphur from oil. These may even include refinery treatment.
Do you mean using sulfobacter or something similar? No, it would cause large-scale damage to the tanks.
Dear Dr. Krause
Well, there are a few power plants over Iran that use heavy oil (containing up to 3% Sulfur) as fuel. I am exploring possibilities of removing sulfur from man-made underground storage tanks (mainly concrete ones) by biological treatment. The temperature in the tanks is about 45 degree (centigrade). I would like to know about any large scale practical work that might have been carried out worldwide.
HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS - Solidification/Stabilization (S/S)
- Sulfate - Retard setting and cause swelling and spalling in cement S/S. With thermoplastic solidification may dehydrate and rehydrate, causing splitting.
- Soluble sulfates > 0.01% in soil or 150 mg/L in water - Endangerment of cement products due to sulfur attack
- Soluble sulfates > 0.5% in soil or 2000 mg/L in water - Serious effects on cement products from sulfur attacks
Properties affecting incineration system -Halogen and sulfur content
- Quench system, air pollution control equipment design and operation.
- Pump cavitation, pH control, blow down rate, particulate emissions.
- Feed capacity, caustic usage. Trial burn mixture, brominated sludge.
Wet air oxidation uses elevated temperature and pressure to oxidize dissolved or finely divided organics. Its main application is to treat waste streams that are too dilute (less than 5 percent organics) to treat economically by incineration and that have contaminant levels above those considered ideal for biological treatment -For Organic Sulphur
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