Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Army Demo, U.S. Army Waterways
Experiment Station, Baton Rouge Louisiana Robert Marks, General Manager
Electrokinetics, Inc.
Louisiana Business and Technology Center
Louisiana State University, Suite 155
South Stadium Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-6100
504-388-3992
Fax: 504-388-3928
|
Electro-Klean Electrical
Separation Electrokinetics,
Inc.
|
Soil |
Lead |
In situ |
Conditioning fluids may
be added or circulated at the electrodes to enhance the
electrochemistry of the process |
Contaminants are
electroplated on the electrodes or separated in a
post-treatment unit |
|
An
Underground Storage Tank Spill Walter
Loo
Environmental & Technology Services
2081 15th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114 415-861-0810 Fax: 415-861-3269
|
Electrokinetic Enhancement with Bioventing/
Environment & Technology Services |
Soil |
BTEX |
Direct current was
applied through 56 electrodes installed in the upper clay
layer of this 2,400 square foot gasoline contaminated
site to move contaminants and water down 15 feet into
dense cemented conglomerate sandstone |
In situ |
Contaminants were removed
from the dense cemented conglomerate sandstone by
bioventing |
Bioventing, enhanced by
electrokinetics, reportedly reduced gasoline levels of
100-2,200 ppm to well below the target of 100 ppm after
about 90 days at a cost of about $50/ton |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
DOE
Demo, Oak Ridge K-25 facility, Tennessee Henry L. Lomasney
Isotron Corporation
13152 Chef Menteur Highway
New Orleans, LA 70129 504-254-4624 Fax: 504-254-5
|
Electrokinetic Extraction/ Isotron Corporation |
Soil |
Uranium and Organic
Contaminants |
|
In situ |
|
|
DOE
Demo, Sandia
National Laboratories Chemical Waste LandfillEric R. Lindgren Sandia National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5800, Mail Stop 0727 Albuquerque, NM 87185
505-844-3820 Fax: 505-844-1480
|
ElectroKinetic Extraction/ Sandia National Laboratories and Sat-Unsat,
Inc. |
Soil |
Chromium |
Soluble chromium
concentrations range from 25 to 10,000 ppm with the upper
limit at 15 feet below ground surface |
In situ |
Contaminants arriving at
the electrodes will be removed using a vacuum system |
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA/DOE
Demo,
DOE Gaseous
Diffusion Plant,
Paducah, KentuckySa Ho or
B. Mason/ Hughes Environmental
Sciences Center
Monsanto Company
St. Louis, MO 63167 314-694-5179/
314-694-1466 Fax: 314-694-1531
Steven J. Bossart
U.S. Department of Energy 304-285-4643
|
Electrokinetic Separation with Hydraulic Fracturing |
Soil (Clay) |
TCE |
In situ |
Highly permeable
subsurface sorption zones will be created in a vertical
configuration by hydraulic fracturing or similar
technology followed by the introduction of certain
sorbents |
|
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
DOE Demo, Old TNX Basin,
Savanah River Site, South Carolina Henry L. Lomasney
Isotron Corporation
13152 Chef Menteur Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70129
504-254-4624
Fax: 504-254-5172
Jane P. Bibler
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
803-725-5276
|
ElectroKinetic Separation/ Isotron Corporation |
Unsaturated Soil |
Mercury, Lead, Chrome |
In situ |
An Electrosorb® process
is used with a patented cylinder to control buffering
conditions in situ and an ion exchange polymer matrix
called Isolock® to trap metal ions |
|
Preliminary results
indicate that at the 5 ppm mercury concentrations found
at the site and other conditions, mercury will be
difficult to remediate. However, the process is showing
good results on lead and chrome. |
U.S.
Army,firing range, LA
Yalcin Acar, Electrokinetics, Inc. Louisiana State
University |
Electrokinetics |
Soil |
Beginning Levels: Lead
4,500 mg/kg Levels attained: 300
mg/kg in 30 weeks
|
|
|
|
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
Demo
NJDEPE-ECRA Site, NJ1992
Uwe Frank
(908) 321-6626
John Liskowitz
(908) 739-6444
|
Pneumatic Fracturing
Extraction & Hot Gas Injection (HGI) |
Soil & rock |
VOCs, SVOCs |
In situ - hot gas @ 200
°F |
Injection of compressed
gas to fracture soil, HGI to strip contaminants |
Off-gas flow rate
increased, concentration remained constant |
HGI results inconclusive,
PCE increased air flow rate 600%. |
EPA
Demo
Oak Brook, IL & Dayton, OH1991
Naomi Barkley
(513) 569-7854
Larry Murdock
(513) 569-7897
|
Hydraulic fracturing
and bioremediation |
Soil |
Rate of bioremediation
increased 75% for BTEX, 77% for TPH |
In situ |
Water infiltration into
vapor extraction area should be prevented |
Fracture growth is
measured through the deformation of the ground surface |
Sand-laden slurry pumped
into soil to increase permeability. |
Marcus
Hook, PA John Schuring or Peter
Lederman Hazardous Substance Management Research
Center(201) 596-5849/2457
|
Pneumatic Fracturing |
Soil |
|
In situ |
|
In situ |
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Laramie
Tie Plant, WY |
Soil Flushing |
Soil |
Creosote contamination.
Total extractable organics = 93,000 mg/kg |
In Situ |
|
In Situ |
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
Remedial Action
Sacramento AD Tank 2 OU, CA11/91
to 4/93
Marlin Mezquita
(415) 744-2393
George Siller
(916) 557-7418
Dan Oburn
(916) 388-4344
|
In situ SVE Terra
Vac, Inc.,Costa Mesa, CA
|
Soil (150 yd3) |
Initial concentration:
MEK 15 ppm
Ethylbenzene 2,100 ppm
PCE 39 ppm
Total Xylene 11,000 ppmCleanup
goal:
1.2 ppm MEK6 ppm Ethylbenzene 23 ppm total xylene 0.2 ppm
PCE
|
24 hours/day |
None |
Extracted vapor treated
with gas phase carbon adsorption. Entrained (suspended)
water treatment by the existing on-site UV-hydrogen
peroxide treatment plant |
|
EPA
Remedial Action
Fair Child Semiconductor
San Jose, CA1989 to 6/90
Helen McKinley
(510) 744-2236
Steve Hill
(510) 286-0433
|
SVE with air flushing |
Soil (2,000,000
yd3) |
Initial concentration:
TCA 670,000 ppb
1,1-DCE 6,400 ppb
Freon 113 7,200 ppbFinal
concentrations unknown
Target was 1 ppm
|
In situ |
Excavation dewatering of
soil where leaking UST was discovered |
Carbon canister, air
stripping for pump and treat |
Re-evaluated the
remediation in 1994. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Remedial Action Hollingsworth Solderless, FL 1/91 to 7/91
John Zimmerman
(404) 347-2643
|
SVE/ EBASCO |
Soil (60 yd3,
down to 7 feet deep) |
TCE, vinyl chloride Target: total VOCs 1 ppm
|
In situ |
None required |
Air emissions vented to
atmosphere |
Design specifications
critical. |
EPA Remedial Action
Verona Wellfield
(Thomas Solvent/
Raymond Road), MI3/88 to 5/92
Margaret Guerriero
(312) 886-0399
|
SVE (attempted
nitrogen sparging) Terra Vac,
Inc. Costa Mesa, CA
|
Soil (35,000 yd3,
˝ acre to 18 ft deep) |
Initial soil
concentration:
TCE 550,000 ppb;
PCE 1.8 million ppb; Toluene 730,000 ppb;
Xylene 500,000 ppbCriteria in
all post remedial soil samples:
TCE 60 ppb
PCE 10 ppb
Toluene 15,000 ppb
Total xylenes 6,000 ppb
|
60 - 160 ft3/min
of air Started >4,400 lb/day
removed
Shut off 6 lb/day removed
Total removed: 65,000 lb
|
No materials handling;
required installing extraction wells |
Spent carbon was
regenerated (and eventually incinerated) |
Initial estimate of 7,000
lb of VOCs product too low. Treatment equipment
undersized. Needed better quantification of VOCs in soils
to design appropriate size. Plan
for enhancing system to deal with saturated soils and
free product.
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
Remedial Action
Rocky Mountain Arsenal (OU 18) Interim Response, CO6/91 to 12/91
Stacey Eriksen
(303) 294-1083
|
SVE Woodward Clyde,
Denver, CO
|
Soil (100 ft radius down
to 60 ft; approximately 70,000 yd3) |
TCE Initial extracted gas concentration 60 ppm
Final extracted gas concentration 2 to
3 ppm
|
250 to 300 ft3/
min. of air Total removed 64 lb
|
Required installing
extraction wells |
Vapor phase carbon
adsorption |
Sampling indicated the
presence of TCE mainly in the soil gas samples and not
the soil samples. |
EPA Removal Action Hinson Chemical, SC 12/88 to 3/92
Fred Stroud
(404) 347-3136
|
SVE OH Materials
Atlanta, GA
|
Soil (60,000 yd3,
up to 50 ft deep) |
Benzene, TCE, PCE, DCA,
MEK At completion: <10 ppm
total VOCs (in all samples); average <1 ppm total VOCs
|
In situ; continuous
operation (except for occasional shut downs to allow soil
gas to reach equilibrium in the pore spaces) |
No cap needed |
Air emissions captured on
vapor phase carbon |
|
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
Removal Action
CSX McCormick Derailment Site, SCSteve
Spurlin
(404) 347-3931
|
SVE with air flushing MWRI
|
Soil (200,000 yd3) |
BTEX 130,000-gallon spill |
Used a system of
extraction and injection wells. 1,000 separate PVC wells.
Injection wells 7 to 8 feet deep. Extraction wells 2 to 3
feet deep. |
Brought in clay to cover
the area, to prevent air from infiltrating |
Wastewater sent off-site
for treatment. Vapors captured and put through a knock
out pot and incinerated. |
System was successful in
decreasing concentration to cleanup goals. Had
difficulties because fluctuation of shallow ground water
decreased the efficiency, less vapors and more water. |
Luke
AFB, AZ 11/91 to 5/92
Jerome Stolinsky
(402) 221-7170
Dan McCafferty
(406) 523-1150
|
SVE with air flushing
and thermal
oxidation of off-gases Jacobs
Engineering
|
Soil (35,000 yd3) |
VOCs (2-hexanone,
2-butanone, 4-methyl 2 pentanone, BTEX) |
In situ down to 100 ft |
Removed approximately
11,000 lb of vapors and 4,000 lb of condensate |
Off gas vapors were
thermally oxidized |
TPH were present but were
too heavy to volatilize. Would recommend combining SVE
with in situ bioremediation to treat contaminants that
could not be extracted with the SVE. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
DOE Demo
Savannah River Site, SC7/90 to
12/90
Brian Loony
(803) 725-5181
|
In situ air stripping with
horizontal wells |
Soil & ground water |
TCE & PCE initial
concentrations: 5000 ppm; stabilized to 200-300 ppm |
In situ (horizontal
wells) |
One well below water
table injects air while shallower well draws vacuum. |
Extraction averaged 110
lb of VOCs/day |
Works best in sandy
soils. |
Air
Force & EPA Demo
McClellan AFB, CA2/93
Joseph Danko
(503) 752-4271
|
In situ SVE |
Vadose zone soils only |
VOCs: TCE, DCE, vinyl
chloride, toluene, xylene, & chlorobenzenes in the
100-1,000 ppm range |
Vacuum required to pull
contaminants to the surface |
In situ |
Contaminants are treated
with a catalytic oxidation unit prior to atmospheric
release |
Ineffective for removal
of semivolatiles and metals. Does not work in saturated
zone. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Air
Force Demo
Hill AFB, UT 12/88 to 10/89
Capt. E.G. Marchand
(904) 283-6023
|
In situ soil venting |
Unsaturated soils |
Fuels and TCE. Fuel
residual was <100 ppm |
Venting rates varied from
250 to
1,000 ft3/min |
May be necessary to seal
surface to air |
Transfer-of-media method,
so the waste is not destroyed |
Soil venting may provide
oxygen for biodegradation. |
Army
Demo
Twin Cities AAP, MN1986 to 1993
Eric Hangeland
(410) 671-2054
|
In situ soil venting |
Unsaturated soil |
VOCs. Removed 400 lb of
VOCs/day initially, down to 15 lb/day at end |
System had 40 vents and 4
20-hp blowers. Vents averaged 30 ft in depth |
May be necessary to seal
surface to air |
Off gas stream |
Noise complaints required
evening and weekend shutdown. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
Demo
Superfund Sites
Puerto Rico & Massachusetts1987
to 1988
Mary Stinson
(908) 321-6683
James Malot
(809) 723-9171
|
In situ vacuum extraction |
Vadose or unsaturated
zone soils |
VOCs - gas, fuel, 1,300
lb VOC removed in 56 days, average reduction 90% (clay)
to 92% (sand) |
4 extraction wells, ideal
permeability 10-4 to 10-8 cm/s,
Henry's law >0.0001 |
Typically 20-2,500 lb/day
of contaminant |
Emission control required |
Dual extraction of ground
water and vapor possible. |
Army
Demo
Luke AFB, AZ1992
Jerome Stolinsky
(402) 221-7170
|
SVE |
Soil |
BTEX (16, 183, 84, 336
ppm) and TRPH (1,300 ppm) |
In situ - two 60-ft
extraction wells at 100 scfm |
In situ |
Carbon air treatment,
residual condensate generated at 8 gpd and incinerated |
Also can be used to
enhance biodegradation. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
Demo
Buchanan, MI1992 to 1993
Kim Lisa Kreiton
(513) 569-7328
Gale Billings
(505) 345-1116
|
Subsurface volatilization & ventilation
system (SVVS) |
Soil |
Organics, fuels |
O2, CO2,
& microbes monitored |
In situ |
VOC emissions treated in
biofilter if required |
Network of injection and
extraction wells to enhance biodegradation. |
DOE
Demo
LLNL, CAMike Gill
(415) 744-2383
|
Vacuum induced soil venting |
Unsaturated Soil |
Gasoline - 99.8%
destruction, 100 gal. free product removed |
In situ - each well has 5
vents above water table, including 2 above 20-25 inches
Hg, 60 ft3/minute |
Includes manually
adjusted skimming pipe |
Thermal oxidation of
vapors - 99.8% destruction |
Simultaneous vapor/ground
water extraction. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Army Demo
Sacramento Army Depot, CA1992 to
1993
Ron Oburn
(916) 388-4344
Bob Cox (Terra Vac)
|
Vapor Extraction System |
Soil - 200 yd3 |
Ethylbenzene, butanone,
Xylene, PCE |
In situ |
To depth of 18 ft |
Vapor treated by thermal
burner or catalytic oxidation. Entrained water treated
off-site |
Also can be used to
enhance biodegradation. |
Groveland
Wells Superfund Site Groveland, MA
Mary Stinson
EPA Technical Support Branch, RREL
(908) 321-6683 |
Soil Vapor Extraction Terra Vac (714) 252-8900
|
Soil |
3-350 ppm TCE Treated to non-detect to 39 ppm TCE
|
In situ |
|
In situ |
$30 to $75 per metric ton
($30 to $70 per ton) of soil |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Letterkenny
AD Chambersburg, PA
USAEC ETD
Bldg. 4435
APG, MD 21010
(410) 671-2054 |
Soil Vapor Extraction |
Soil(2,000 yd3)
treated. |
> 1,000 ppm total VOCs |
In Situ |
Large-scale (>50
vents) system. |
|
$2M design, install, and
operation. |
Commencement Bay, South Tacoma Channel, Tacoma,
WA
Phil Stoa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Seattle District |
Soil Vapor Extraction
with an on-site solvent recovery system |
98,203 cubic yards of
soil treated. |
10 to 100 mg/kg of VOC in
top soil; 6,200 to 19,000 mg/kg of PCE in deep soil
571,000 pounds of VOCs in unsaturated zone. |
In Situ |
|
|
Total Capital Cost:
$5,313,973; Annual Operating Cost: $100,000. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Fairchild
Semiconductor Corporation Superfund Site, San Jose, CA
Belinda Wei U.S. EPA Region 9 |
One of the earliest
full-scale SVE used in a site
with complex hydrogeology |
42,000 cubic yards of
soil |
Up to 4,500 mg/kg of
total solvents in soil. |
|
39 extraction wells to
treat |
|
Capital: $2,100,000;
Total Operating & Maintenance: $1,800,000 for 18
months.
$93 per cubic yard soil treated |
Hastings
Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site, Well #3
Subsite, Hastings, NE
Diane Easley (RPM)
U.S. EPA Region 7 |
Full-scale SVE |
185,000 cubic yards of
soil. |
Up to 1,234 ppm of
tetrachloride |
|
10 extraction wells. |
|
Total cost of $369,628.
$2 per cubic yard soil treated. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
SMS
Instruments Superfund Site, Deer Park, NY
Abram Miko Fayon
Remedial Project Manager
U.S. EPA Region 2 (212)264-4706 |
Full-scale SVE system |
1,250 cubic yards of soil
treated. |
Up to 1,200 mg/kg for
volatiles and 1,800 mg/kg for semivolatiles
Treated to: <0.5 mg/kg for volatiles and <5.5 mg/kg
for semivolatiles |
|
Horizontal vapor
extraction wells and a process control system. 2
extraction wells |
|
Total cost: $450,521.
$360 per cubic yard of soil treated. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA
SITE Demo
Hialeah, FL
1988-90Mary Stinson
(908) 321-6683
Jeff Newton
(316) 269-2660
|
In situ solidification and stabilization |
Wet or dry soil, sludge,
sediment |
PCBs, inorganic and
organic compounds |
Slurry injection with
auger rotating at 15 rpm |
Mixing, binding agent is
modified for each waste |
PCB immobilization is
likely but not confirmed |
Estimated costs $111/ton
using a commercial 4 auger unit. |
EPA
Demo Geosafe Test Site, WA; Hanford Nuclear
Reservation, WA, ORNL, TN; INEL, ID 1993
Teri Richardson
(513) 569-7949
James Hanson
(206) 822-4000
|
In situ vitrification |
Soil & sludge |
Organics & inorganics |
1,600-2,000 °C Transmission voltages=12.5 or 13.8 kV
|
In situ |
Off-gas treatment system
removes pollutants (by quenching, scrubbing, heating,
filtration) |
Organics destroyed;
inorganics incorporated in resultant mass. |
Site Name/Contact |
Technology/ Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
DOE
Demo Hanford Reservation, WA; ORNL, TN 1993
Leo E. Thompson
(509) 376-5150
James E. Hansen
(509) 375-0710
|
In situ vitrification |
Soils |
Organics, inorganics,
& radionuclides |
Joule heating through
electrodes |
In situ |
Organics destroyed;
inorganics incorporated in resultant mass |
Lower potential risk
--contaminants are not brought to the surface. $300 $450/ton
|
EPA Demo
Douglassville, PA10/87
Paul R. DePercin
(513) 569-7797
Ray Funderburk
(903) 545-2002
|
Solidification/ Stabilization: Chemical
treatment & immobilization |
Soil & sludge |
Organic compounds, heavy
metals, oil, & grease |
In/ex situ. Sediments --
underwater. Batch process at 120 tons/hour |
Blending with cement or
fly ash, water, and "Chloranan" |
Treated material hardens
to a concrete-like mass |
Reagent formulation can
be adjusted to specific contaminant. |