Carbon Reduction in Oil

Ok,fair enough.I have some experience in oil treatment.I found a great deal of success at the tail end of waste oil regeneration.However,the process could not handle such carbon concentrations as used motor oils usually have.To make such efforts affordable,the carbon content needs to be reduced.To take an oil that is the colour of a very deep red wine,and produce something that looks and smells like new oil is do-able,but to start with tar..I dont think so.I have seen some experiments that work,but are not affordable.I am looking for alternatives.

Now we've got something to work with. Thanks.

I don't have a clue. Centrifugation, filtration, some type of electrical field?

Who knows. There are many big brains here, we'll see what happens.

Welcome to CR4.

I have seen attempts done with high temp "cracking",and centrifugation.The problem is waste.The cracking method produces a tar that is too expensive to dispose of.The centrifugation does not reach deep enough into the oil.Perhaps a chemical treatment first?Or,perhaps there is a way to "charge"the particles to make them heavier,and therefore more likely to drop out?

Oil is an oganic material. It is based on carbon!

So are we.