Foots Oil
Definition of foots oil
In Process of Paraffin Wax Production after De-Waxing/ De-Oiling Process, two streams come out of this stage. One containing the wax and the other containing extracted oil which stored in separate storage tanks. At this point the wax is known as a “product wax” and the oil is called “foots oil”. The product wax is usually processed further and most of the Residue Wax and/or Foots Oil is sold as catalytic cracker feedstock.
” Foots Oil ” is the oil sweated out of slack wax. It takes its name from the fact that it goes to the bottom, or foot, of the pan when sweated.
Wax sweating was originally used to separate wax fractions with various melting points from the wax obtained from shale oils. Wax sweating is still used to some extent but is being replaced by the more convenient crystallization process. In wax sweating, a cake of slack wax is slowly warmed to a temperature at which the oil in the wax and the lower-melting waxes become fluid and drip (or sweat) from the bottom of the cake, leaving a residue of higher-melting wax (Foots Oil).
Sweated waxes generally contain small amounts of unsaturated aromatic and sulfur compounds, which are the source of unwanted color, odor, and taste that reduce the ability of the wax to resist oxidation; the commonly used method of removing these impurities is clay treatment of the molten wax.
Foots Oil can be used as hydrophobic impregnation material, fuel brick component, the raw material for the production of grease lubricants, conservation oils and lubricants.
Packing of foots oil
RAHA Paraffin Co. offers Foots Oil in a variety of packaging formats. These include bulk liquid (via tank truck or railcar), Bulk Packaging in Jumbo bags 600–1000 kg Brand New and/or Used Reconditioned Iron Drums is also available.
Quality Control of foots oil
RAHA Paraffin Co. guaranty’s the quality of Residue Wax. We welcome our customers to arrange of an international inspector/s such as SGS to check quality and quantity at the time of production and loading. Alternatively, we can arrange such a service upon request.
