Method for transportation and agitation of refinery solids waste

摘要

A method of transporting solid refinery waste includes loading solid refinery waste into a mobile tank having at least one sloped floor wall and a plurality of compartments separated by at least one buffer. The method may also include maintaining a head space between a top level of the solid refinery waste and a top wall of the mobile tank. The method may also include delivering the mobile tank to a burning facility that maintains a reserve of diluent and that is equipped with an agitator configured for lowering into the mobile tank through a manhole opening, to thereby permit the diluent to be conveyed into the headspace and mixed with the solid refinery waste, thereby enabling a resulting mixture to be off-loaded for burning at the burning facility.

主权项

1. A method of transporting solid refinery waste, the method comprising:
loading solid refinery waste into a mobile tank having at least one sloped floor wall and a plurality of compartments separated by at least one buffer; maintaining a head space between a top level of the solid refinery waste and a top wall of the mobile tank; transporting the mobile tank loaded with the solid refinery waste such that during transporting the at least one buffer impedes migration of solid refinery waste between the plurality of compartments; and delivering the mobile tank to a burning facility that maintains a reserve of diluent and that is equipped with an agitator configured for lowering into the mobile tank through a manhole opening, to thereby permit the diluent to be conveyed into the headspace and mixed with the solid refinery waste, thereby enabling a resulting mixture to be off-loaded for burning at the burning facility; wherein upon delivering the mobile tank to the burning facility, the agitator is temporarily fastened to at least one connector on an outside of the mobile tank, the at least one connector being attached to an external side of an upper side of the mobile tank, and wherein the at least one connector is configured for connection to the agitator in a manner permitting the agitator to be controllably lowered from an upper position toward a floor of the mobile tank while the agitator is agitating.