| Title |
Paving a way toward circular economy for oil and gas industry: A conceptual modelling of re-refining process through solvent extraction and hydrofinishing pathway |
| ID_Doc |
5004 |
| Authors |
Lau, PJ; Ng, WPQ; How, BS; Lim, CH; Lam, HL |
| Title |
Paving a way toward circular economy for oil and gas industry: A conceptual modelling of re-refining process through solvent extraction and hydrofinishing pathway |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134839 |
| Abstract |
The oil and gas (O&G) industry has recently faced market headwinds due to high environmental impacts generated. Therefore, this study proposes to develop a circular economy (CE) model for the O&G industry by incorporating a re-refining process. A re-refining process based on an integrated solvent extraction and hydro -treatment unit is introduced as a media to re-valorize the waste lubricating oil (WLO) generated from crude oil. The proposed re-refining process is simulated and optimized using Aspen Plus V10 with integration into the CE model. In the CE model, 80% of the WLO is recovered to replace the portion of high-cost crude oil needed in the conventional linear economy (LE) model. Sensitivity analysis shows that the optimum re-refining process uses solvent mixture of 35% n-hexane/35% n-butanol/30% MEK. The optimum specifications are solvent extraction temperature at 25 degrees C, solvent to oil ratio of 3:1, hydrofinishing temperature at 270 degrees C and hydrofinishing pressure at 30 bar. In comparison to the LE model, the CE model achieves 22.67% lower overall annualized cost (OAC), which demonstrates the financial viability of the CE model. |
| Author Keywords |
Oil and gas; Circular economy; Waste lubricating oil; Feasibility study; Re-refining |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000884101900005 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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