DEOILING OF HARD MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX BY SOLVENT PERCOLATION TECHNIQUE

Authors
AGRAWAL KM KUMAR Y
Citation
Km. Agrawal et Y. Kumar, DEOILING OF HARD MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX BY SOLVENT PERCOLATION TECHNIQUE, Research and Industry, 39(3), 1994, pp. 209-210
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Industrial
Journal title
Research and Industry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0034513X
Volume
39
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
209 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-513X(1994)39:3<209:DOHMWB>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The study deals with the application of solvent percolation technique to separate oil from commercial microcrystalline wax flakes produced f rom Ankelshwar tank bottom sludges. Wax deoiling has been accomplished by percolating industrial hexane through a packed bed of the wax flak es at ambient temperature and removing the solvent from the wax and oi l phases to get hard wax and foots oil respectively. The resultant pro duct wax has oil content of about 2 per cent and needle penetration va lue of 4 at 25-degrees-C.