Techno-economic evaluation of waste lube oil rerefining

Mohammad Farhat Ali; Faizur Rahman; Abdullah J. Hamdan

doi:10.1016/0925-5273(95)00176-X

Techno-economic evaluation of waste lube oil rerefining

Mohammad Farhat Ali^*
, Faizur Rahman
, Abdullah J. Hamdan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining and Advanced Chemicals

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Abstract

This paper discusses the secondary use of used automotive lubricating oils. Current technologies for processing waste lube oil into new lubricants is outlined and the performance features of these products are compared with that of virgin materials. Process technology of Meinken and Mohawk were selected for techno-economic evaluation. A plant size of 50 000 TPA waste oil re-refining was considered for economic study of these processes. The estimated production cost for Meinken process was found to be $348.8 per ton and for Mohawk process, assuming hydrogen supply to be made available from adjacent refinery, it was estimated to be $198.4 per ton. Meinken process appears to be more popular but profitability was found to be lower than Mohawk. Mohawk process is limited due to location factor which requires hydrogen from an adjacent petrochemical plant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-273
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Production Economics
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0925-5273(95)00176-X
State	Published - 1 Apr 1996

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Funding Information:
The investigators wish to acknowledge King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for funding this Research Project (AR-10-60). The facilities and support provided by the Research Institute and Oil Testing Center of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is also gratefully acknowledged.

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Keywords

Energy utilization
Lube oils
Pollution control
Rerefining

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Business, Management and Accounting
Economics and Econometrics
Management Science and Operations Research
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Techno-economic evaluation of waste lube oil rerefining

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