All about vacuum trucks

Vacuum Truck is an industrial vehicle similar to a truck or trailer in construction and equipped with a vacuum pipe that sucks the liquid slurry and transfers it into the tank. The collected liquid is then moved to the site and drained through the same pump. An auxiliary power unit powers the vacuum pump in the truck; alternatively the pump may be driven by truck engine.

Vacuum trucks are extensively used for loading, unloading and transporting materials within a manufacturing plant. Besides, they are used to load sewage drainage waste, soil, sludge, cement and other dry materials and move them to disposal sites. The design and construction of Vacuum Tank Truck depends upon the type of material, capacity, weight and many other factors. This article sheds light on operations and applications of Vacuum Trucks.

Vacuum Truck Operations:

The two basic types of vacuum truck operations are:

The loading and off-loading operations of vacuum truck that eliminate or reduce the entry of air in the system by:

Submerging the transfer nozzle into the liquid during transfer process.

Directly linking the transfer hose to the receiving tank, vessel or container.

The operations undertaken by vacuum truck to introduce air into the system during transfer process include:

Air transfer operations which include the supplementary removal of solid material when suction hose is not submerged or deliberate elimination of solid materials in the vacuum excavation system.

Liquid conveying operations where the end of the hose is not linked to the container or receiving tank, vessel or nozzle is not submerged into the liquid in the source.

Vacuum truck operations which involves cleaning of liquid spills where air enters the transfer hose.

Applications of Vacuum Truck:

Vacuum trucks are the workhorses used for various applications such as:

Interceptor pit cleaning

Sewer works cleaning and maintenance

Transfer, transport and disposal of waste materials

Hazardous or non hazardous waste disposal

Chemical spill response and clean up

Long-distance waste shipment

Refinery or chemical plant shutdown

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