CHARACTERIZATION OF WASTE FROM THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Characterization of waste is a study of defining the un- available or undefined data of
the waste. The results of this characterization provide a description on the behaviour
of waste. Applications are important in many areas of industry, involving metals,
plastics, many other materials. In petrochemical industry, characterization of the
waste is important to manage their waste output efficiently to reduce cost and time
consumptions. This project is about study and research to characterize the behaviour
of the waste obtained from the petrochemical industry. The project was done by
using the machine and experiments that available in Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS lab. Some of the waste available in the petrochemical industry might be
harmful to human and some give benefits. It is important to further the reading on the
petrochemical basically the history of the waste itself to learn the characteristic of the
waste. The characterization on petrochemical waste is important to assess the
potential whether or not the waste can be re-processing for other usage or dumped
away. The characterization of this petrochemical waste is not yet being studied for
certain waste to overcome the problem on finding it as useful materials. The author's
hoping that the results on this research are able give some input to explain about the
waste, overcome the problem in order for the waste to be efficiently stored or being
reprocessed.