METODO PARA LA FLUIDIZACION DE BORRAS Y RECUPERACION DE HIDROCARBUROS DE TANQUES DE ALMACENAMIENTO DE HIDROCARBUROS

QUE COMPRENDE LAS SIGUIENTES ETAPAS: A) DIAGNOSTICO Y DEFINICION DEL PROCESO DETECCION, DONDE SE EVALUAN LAS CARACTERISTICAS DEL TANQUE, PARA ESTABLECER LA MEJOR MANERA DE REALIZAR EL PROCESO DE FLUIDIZACION; B) MEDICION Y CARACTERIZACION DE LAS BORRAS O LOS LODOS ACEITOSOS, QUE COMPRENDE LA CARACTERIZACION DE LOS LODOS ACEITOSOS PARA DETERMINAR CONTENIDOS DE HIDROCARBURO, AGUA Y SOLIDOS Y ASI ESTABLECER UN PROCESO DE RECUPERACION DE HIDROCARBURO POSTERIOR A LA FLUIDIZACION; C) ADECUACION O INSTALACION DEL SISTEMA DE FLUIDIZACION, QUE CONSISTE EN ESTABLECER EL SISTEMA DE FLUIDIZACION MAS ADECUADO SEGUN LAS CARACTERISTICAS DEL TANQUE DETERMINADAS EN EL PASO (A); D) FLUIDIZACION MEDIANTE AGITACION; Y E) RECUPERACION DEL HIDROCARBURO The invention relates to a method for the fluidisation of sediment and the recovery of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon storage tanks. The method comprises the following steps: diagnosis and definition of the detection process, measurement and characterisation of the sediment or oily sludge, adaptation or installation of the fluidisation system, fluidisation by means of agitation, and hydrocarbon recovery. During the adaptation or installation step, the direction of the agitators is varied if the tank includes such elements or a fluidisation system is installed in the manhole of the tank. The system includes a manhole cover (1), the outer surface of which is designed to receive a manifold (3) connected to a pump (4), which recirculates the product through the manhole. Said manifold is coupled to the manhole cover (1) by means of flanges (5a, 5b) and includes three pipes connected to three independent valves (2) and, on the inner surface thereof, one or more nozzle tubes (6) coupled to a nozzle (7) by means of flanges.