Abstract
In oil and gas production, crude oil is an important ingredient in the manufacture industry. The sludge from the oil is semi-solid waste and classified as a low-level waste that consists of a mixture of oil, sediment and, water containing radioactive element (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM); and high hydrocarbon concentration. It is categorized and considered as hazardous waste that required careful handling and treatment before disposal. Vitrification process was carried out in this study to immobilize the sludge containing radioactive waste. The objectives in this study is to optimize waste loading and to evaluate the glass waste formed after vitrification process. It is found that 20 wt% of oil sludge at 1200°C is the best optimize waste loading in the experiment because the glass waste formed are completely homogeneous phase.
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