I read an interesting post from Mr. Keith E. Bowers, who answered a question about acid sludge from re-refining waste oil. However, I have a client in Bangkok who has about 7,000 mt of acid sludge that I have been working on to produce a bitumen type product. I am wondering if there is a short-cut to extracting the H2SO4 (about 25-30%) by wt. from the acid sludge. Presently I am washing the scludge with H20 & a pH altering agent, but this uses a lot of H20 & time. Also interested if feasible to separate the acid from the water via distillation or other means.