Patent ID: 9108174
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B01F,B02C,B08B,B09B,B60P,B65G,F23G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle configured to carry solid refinery waste, comprising: a mobile tank configured for transporting material in commerce, the mobile tank being divided into a plurality of compartments, each compartment having at least one sloped floor wall for enabling the solid refinery waste to migrate by gravity toward an outlet opening in a bottom of each compartment; at least one buffer disposed between each of the plurality of compartments, the at least one buffer being configured to limit migration of the solid refinery waste between compartments; a plurality of manhole openings on a top wall of the tank, each manhole opening being associated with one of the plurality of compartments and being sized to enable an agitator to pass therethrough; a plurality of connectors, each connector being affixed to the mobile tank for movement therewith, and each connector being located proximate one of the plurality of manhole openings to selectively secure the agitator in an associated manhole opening in a manner permitting the agitator to be temporarily affixed to the tank during a mixing operation and to be removed from the tank following the mixing operation; and a plurality of fluid valves each associated with an outlet opening, and each fluid valve being sized to permit an emulsion of the solid refinery waste and at least one diluent to pass therethrough in flowable form, wherein each of the plurality of connectors is configured for connection to the agitator in a manner permitting the agitator to be controllably lowered into the mobile tank while the agitator is agitating.