Pyrolysis Oil Handling Precautions

Basics

• Given Pyrolysis Oil Contains Various Hydrocarbons it should be handled carefully to avoid harm to personell and the enviroment
  • Need to look for specifics, i know Benzene , and Propene etc can be quite hazardous, and are common in these "intermediaries" ?
• This page goes over the risks, precautions to avoid them, and methods to negate any accidental release of pyrolysis oil (small volumes such as tipping over a container, or having resedue in washing water, not large scale oil spills !)
• Also need to see if Vapor Cloud Explosions are a risk

Basic PPE

• Face Sheild
• Gloves (Need to look into materials, given some of these chemicals in the o i l may be solvents to some?
• Well ventilated area, and if not a filter-mask

Seccondary Safety Equipment

• Spill Palet
  • Can be improvised via a "kiddie pool" assuming it is insoluable to the involved chemicals
• Wash Station (wash bottle, or faucet/hose)
• Spill-Kit
  • Paper Towels
  • Plenty of water
  • Spray Detergent (to act as a Dispersant )
  • Optional containment "booms" (something to keep it from "running" around)
  • Optional "squegee" type things to push the liquid around
  • Optional dropper for potential recovery of some (if a large enough quantity is spilled

Internal Links

• Pyrolysis Oil

External Links

• An article Showcasing A HAZMAT Spill Team Utilising "Kiddie Pools" as a low cost alternative to the "real thing" for training excercises
• A MSDS Sheet for "Pyrolysis Fuel Oil - Joffre" By NOVA Chemicals
  • This may not be Biomass Pyrolysis Oil though but rather Heavy Fuel Oil ? due to "PFO; Heavy Fuel Oils; Olefins Manufacturing Tower Bottoms" being under the "common names" section
    • It Gets the "Joffre" From This Site's Location