OIL RECLAIMING AND SLUDGE PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY
reclaiming of hydrocarbon sedimentations in large storage tanks with
maximum environmental and manpower protection and recuperation.
THE SOLUTION
The Lindenport HyperFlowTechnology
An innovative technology (process and equipment) for both, the desludging and the sludge prevention.
It is known, that the sludge can be liquefied by adding hydrodynamic energy (pumping of liquid crude oil into the sediment) and reused immediately as recycled crude oil if the sediment consists merely of hydrocarbons.
The hydrodynamic energy will be transmitted into the sediment layer by liquefying devices. These tubelike devices are equipped with several oriented nozzles acting to the sludge and the liquid above the sludge.
The so called lances are introduced through the openings of the support sleeves of the floating roof. The existing holes in the floating roof define the position of the lances.
The nozzles of the lances are oriented to attain a defined circulation flow with multitudes of eddy currents above of the sediment layer.
The hyperflow is generated by pumping crude oil in the space above the sediment layer.
The crude oil can be used from the same tank (closed circuit) or from outside (open circuit).
The nozzles of the lances are tangentially oriented to establish flow patterns within the tank, thereby liquefying the sludge by erosion and breaking it up into small particles.
The sludge is finally suspended into crude oil and so converted into a pumpable and flowable condition and can be reused immediately as refinable crude oil.