Deicing Fluid Recycling

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Deicing fluid recycling. Propylene glycol based fluid is more common because it is less toxic than ethylene glycol. Inland has a suite of in house designed equipment to support glycol recycling glyvac glycol concentrator and our starcevic distillation system. With us ecology you will be serviced by a comprehensive stormwater management and environmental services partner utilizing programs designed to fit your special needs. When temperatures drop below 30 degrees fahrenheit frost ice or snow can accumulate on an aircraft s wings and tail and must be removed before a plane can safely take off.

Media and process technology inc. And pittsburgh international airport has that process down to a science from safe collection to environmentally conscious recycling both of which it s been doing since 1998. Airport works to preserve resources by recycling deicing fluid. On site recovery of glycols from airport deicing fluid using polymeric ceramic composite membranes investigators.

When inland technologies started recycling portland s de icing fluid it concentrated the used fluid to a 50 50 mixture of glycol and water and sold it to secondary industrial markets. Posted november 17 2017. With the recent construction of a used de icing products recycling plant within its facilities in the de icing centre at the montreal trudeau international airport aéro mag is now able to offer its clients a recycled de icing fluid that is reduced to its original state and certified by regulatory agencies. Ciora richard j.

But getting deicing fluid isn t the hard part it s what you do after you spray those thousands of planes down that s tricky. Us ecology s airport services has designed constructed and currently operates deicing fluid collection and on site processing systems at numerous airports nationwide. The collection and recycling of spent aircraft de icing fluid is inland technologies core business. On site recovery of glycols from airport deicing fluid using polymeric ceramic composite membranes epa contract number.

United states office of water 4303 epa 821 r 00 016 environmental protection washington dc 20460 august 2000 agency 1epa preliminary data summary airport deicing operations. Some car fluids like transmission fluid power steering fluid gear oil motor oil and antifreeze can be processed and recycled into new fluids.