DEVICE TO WASH TANK CARS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C02F1/40 

FIELD: process engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices intended for cleaning and preparing tank cars for filling with recovery of wastes formed and production of commercial oil product. Tank car is washed by technical detergent fed from appropriate feed system. Washed tank car is degassed and dried. Settled sludge is fed into sludge pit and, therefrom, is moved for reclamation. Float oil products from settling pit are fed to oil product dehydration line. Separated water is withdrawn into technical detergent purification line, while oil products are directed to dehydrated oil product storage. There is technical detergent solution preparation unit wherein said detergent is accumulated. Note here that a part of detergent solution is fed from detergent purification line, while concentrated solution is fed from the tank by detergent proportioning station.

EFFECT: higher quality of tank cars, production of dehydrated oil products to be used as furnace fuel admixture.

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