Used lube oils re-refining plant
Solution
3V Technologies:
Flash evaporation and distillation.
3V Competences:
Ability to configure complete used lube oil re-refining systems.
Design:
Definition of operating conditions and coherent sizing of main equipment and ancillaries to perfectly integrate with the existing plant supplied a few years before.
Build:
Build all process equipment and assemble a skid ready for final installation at customer’s site allowing for minimum downtime of the existing plant.
Operate:
Commissioning & start-up of the units.
Team
3V project team:
3V Tech Project Manager, Project Engineering Manager, Document Controller, I&C Engineer, Automation Engineer, Drafter.
Site of realisation:
Italy.
Audience
Client industry:
Used lube oil re-refining.
Context
Project context:
Enhance the purification process of a used lube oil re-refining plant to produce higher quality base oils.
Project goal & client needs:
Integration of the expansion in the existing plant context that includes also several other activities relying on our skills to design respecting space constraints and investment budget.
Results
Project execution timing:
11 months.
Project complexity:
Process definition based on a small amount of process information and optimised sizing of main equipment.
Other information
Thermal separation under vacuum is the right solution for the re-refining of used lube oils. We had supported the customer in phase 1 of the project in 2017, that led to the installation of a thin film evaporation plant and this second phase has added flash evaporation and distillation capacity to the plant, boosting output and re-refined product quality.
Year: 2019
Final product: base oil
Capacity: 2250 kg/h
Skid dimensions: 6400x7000x16400 mm
Material: AISI 316L
Scope of supply:
- Vacuum distillation column with reboiler
- Flash vessel
- Ancillaries
- Vacuum system
- Feed and transfer pumps
- Complete automation expansion connected to phase 1 PLC
