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Suggested Citation:"THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY." National Research Council. 1987. Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Steel and Petrochemical Industries Through Waste Recycling and Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19174.
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Suggested Citation:"THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY." National Research Council. 1987. Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Steel and Petrochemical Industries Through Waste Recycling and Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19174.
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Suggested Citation:"THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY." National Research Council. 1987. Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Steel and Petrochemical Industries Through Waste Recycling and Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19174.
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Suggested Citation:"THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY." National Research Council. 1987. Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Steel and Petrochemical Industries Through Waste Recycling and Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19174.
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24 p e trochemical was tes in the pe tro leum refinery ; for examp l e , the petroleum coking proce s s can be quite e ffec t ive in de s troying many po tent ially hazardous petrochemical was te p roduc ts . Thi s can be po s s ib l e b o th in the de layed coking proc e s s as we l l as the fluid bed coking proces s . In a flexicoking-type proc e s s where the coke i s burned in a fluid bed regenerator , even more opportun i t i e s are pres ented for inc inerat ing pe trochemical was te s . Comb ining pe trochemical was te w i th coking me r i t s further s tudy and analys i s . 2. The pe trochemical indus try has adop ted and prac t i c e s energy­ cons e rving proce s s technologi e s . In general , a l l mate r i al was tes are recyc led and all proce s s heat is recove red and reused unt i l it become s imprac t i c al, ine ffic ient, or uneconomical to do s o . Greater than 9 5 pe rcent o f the ene rgy content o f the fee dstocks can be recove red i n the produc ts or can be recyc led w i thin the ene rgy us ed by a given p l ant . G iven the s e inputs, the comm i ttee reviewed recently pub l i shed information on inc inerat ion (3 -8) . There is a common thread among the s e re ference s : that i s , inc inerators for the disposal of hazardous organic was tes can be de s igned , cons truc ted , and operated s a t i s fac tor i ly , but such technique s are s t i l l an art rather than a s c i ence . There i s a need fo r further R&D on the s c i ence base underly ing the inc inerat ion p roce s s, e spe c i a l ly on the combus t ion i t s e l f , materials interac t i ons w i th the combus t ion environment, automated sys tems fo r proc e s s control , ident i fication and contro l of incomp l e te combus t ion , and o ther downs tream sys tems . The treatment and e ffective disposal o f hazardous was tes are important health , envi ronmental , and economic p rob lems fac ing the nation, and the comm i ttee recommends that the need for further research on the s c ience base unde rlying inc ineration techno logy be inve s t i gated by o ther o ffices in the Dep artment o f Ene rgy, the Envi ronmental Protect ion Agency , and the Department of De fens e . Smal ler comp anies w i th in the chemical indus try are in particul ar need of additional knowledge to as s i s t them in deal ing w i th the p rob lems o f hazardous was te s . REFERENCES 1. FY 1 9 8 7 Ene rgy Cons ervation Mul t i - Year Plan . U . S . Department o f Energy , Office of Cons ervation, July 1 9 8 5 . 2. An As s e s sment o f the Indus trial Energy Cons ervat ion Pro gram , Vo lume 2: Final Report . National Materials Advis ory Board , Pub l ication NMAB 395 - 2 . Wash ington , D . C . : Nat ional Academy Pre s s , 1 9 8 2 . 3. Management o f Hazardous Indus trial Was tes: Re search and Deve lopment Needs . National Mate r i al s Advisory Board, Pub licat ion NMAB 3 9 8 . Washington, D . C . : Nat ional Academy Pre s s , 1 9 8 3 . 4. Inc ineration of Hazardous Was tes at Sea . Chemical and Engineer ing News , Decemb e r 9 , 1 9 8 5 .

25 5. Yen - Hs iung Kiang . Inc inerat ion o f hazardous organic was tes . Proceedings o f 1 9 8 0 Nat ional Was te Proc e s s ing Conference : Re source Recovery Today and Tomorrow . American Soc i e ty o f Mechanical Engineers . 6. W . E . Sevie t , R . D . Ro s s , and G . Vander Ve lde . Hazardous was te inc ineration: A program report . J . Air Po l lut ion Control As sn . 3 5 : 1 3 9 , February 1 9 8 5 . 7. The Ro l e o f Inc inerat ion in Chemical Was te Management . Commentary by Gove rnment Programs S teering Committee , American Ins t i tute of Chemical Eng ineers . 8. C . J . Dial . Hazardous was te treatment re search . Chemical Engineer ing Progre s s , June 1 9 8 6 .

Appendix BIOGRAPHI CAL Sl{ETCHES OF COMM I TTEE MEMBERS DAVID L . MORRI SON rece ived h i s M . A . and Ph . D . ( chemis try ) degrees from Carnegie Ins t i tute of Technology . He worked for Callery Chemical Company and Batte l l e Memo r i al Ins t i tute prior to jo ining I IT Re search Ins t i tute in 1 9 7 7 as execut ive vice pre s ident, and where he is now pre s ident . He is a member o f the Ame rican As sociation for the Advancement o f S c i ence, American Chemical S o c i e ty, and American Nuc lear S o c i e ty . H i s re search intere s t s inc lude energy and environmental research ; techno logy and environmental impac t as s e s sment ; research and deve lopment p l anning ; nuc lear reac tor s afe ty analys i s ; radiochemis try ; and res earch management . HARR I S M . BURTE rece ived his Ph . D . degree in chemical engineer ing at Pr ince ton Univers i ty . He i s a Ch ief S cient i s t o f the Air Force Mater ials Laboratory at Wright - Patterson AFB, Ohio . He has been ac t ive in many areas o f materials and manufac tur ing R&D and in interac t ions between techno logy and socie ty, and he currently serve s as an adjunc t pro fe s s o r o f engineer ing a t Wright S tate Univers i ty . H e i s a member o f the American Chemical S o c i e ty , Fiber S o c i e ty, Ame rican Ins t i tute o f Ae ronaut ics and As tronaut i c s, and Ame rican Ins t i tute of Mining, Me tal and Pe tro l eum Engineers, and he is a fe l l ow o f the Ame rican Socie ty o f Me tal s . His re search inte rests are p rope rties o f materials, texti l e s, plas t ic s, me tals, ceramics, and nonde s truc tive evaluat ion . RICHARD FRUEHAN receive d B.S . and Ph . D . degre es ( me tal lurgical engineer ing ) from the University o f Pennsylvania . He worked at the Fundamental Re search Laboratory for U . S . S te e l Corporation b e fore jo ining Carne gie - Me l l on Unive rs i ty, where he is Profe s s o r of Me tal lurgy and Materials S c i ence and director of the Center for I ron and S tee lmaking Re s earch . He i s a member o f the TMS and the I ron and S teel S o c iety ( I S S ) o f AIME and i s a Dis tinguished Member o f I S S . H i s re s e arch inte re s ts inc lude the phys ical chemi s try and proce s s dynamics o f me tal re fining p roces s e s, me tal - ceramic joining and reac t ions of l iquid me tals w i tl1 second phas e s . 27

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