Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Demo
Hamilton Harbor, Canada1992
Gordon Evans
(513) 569-7684
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Thermal gas phase reduction |
Soil, sludge, liquids,
& gases |
Hydrocarbons PCBs, PAHs,
chlorophenols, pesticides |
850 °C or higher - 25
tons/day |
Reduction of hydrocarbons
in presence of hydrogen |
Offgas stream |
Mobile reactor. |
HWAAP
Hawthorne, NVLouis Kanaras,
USAEC
(410) 612-2054
|
Hot Gas Decontamination |
Soil |
99.99% removal of TNT |
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Successful pilot-scale
demonstration |
EPA Demo
Babcock & Wilcox, OH
Laurel Staley
(513) 569-7863 |
Cyclone Furnace |
Soil |
Organics & metals |
820 °F |
Swirling action mixes air
& fuel |
Final product resembles
volcanic glass (similar to ISV's product) |
$528/ton of soil. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Demo
Ogden's Research Facility San Diego, CADouglas Grosse (513) 569-7844
|
Circulating bed combustor (CBC) |
Soil, sludge, liquids,
solids, slurry |
Halogenated and
nonhalogenated organic compounds, PCBs, dioxins |
16-inch diameter CBC,
1,450-1,600 °F, waste feed <1 inch |
Highly turbulent
combustion zone. Mixing wastes Limestone added to
neutralize acid gases |
DRE value of 99.99% for
principal organics. Treated ash disposal |
Controlled sulfur oxide
emissions by adding limestone. |
EPA SITE Demo
Monaca, PA1991
Donald Oberacker
(513) 569-7510
|
HRD flame reactor |
Wastes, soil, solids,
fluid, dust, slag, sludge with high metal content |
Metals (zinc, lead,
arsenic, silver, gold) and organics |
Combustion in O2
enriched chamber at 2,000 ° +C |
Requires dry wastes |
Nonleachable slag,
disposal in landfill |
Secondary lead smelter
soda slag processed for $932/ton. 1 to 3 tons/hour cap. |
EPA SITE Demos
(1) Tampa, FL, 8/87
(2) Rose Township/Demode Road Superfund Site, MI, 11/87John F. Martin
(513) 569-7696
|
Incineration: Infrared thermal destruction |
Soil, sediment, liquid
organic wastes mixed with sand or soil |
Organics |
Infrared radiant heat of
up to 1,850 °F |
May need to restrict
chloride levels in the feed |
PCBs consistently meet
TSCA guidance 2 ppm in ash |
PCB DRE was greater than
99.99% based on detection limits. RCRA standards for
particulate emissions questionable. |
Peak Oil Site
Tampa, FLHoward O. Wall EPA RREL
(513) 569-7691
|
Full scale: electric infrared mobile
incineration unit |
Soil |
Oil sludge (PCBs and
lead) |
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$180 to $800/metric ton
($164-$730/ton) |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Savanna AD
Savanna, ILMichael G. Cosmos
(610) 701-7423
|
Full scale transportable incineration system |
75,000 tons of soil |
1,000 ppm TNT Levels attained: < 1 ppm
|
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$180/metric ton
($173/ton) inclusive |
Lauder Salvage Yard
Beardstown, ILMichael G. Cosmos
(610) 701-7423
|
Full scale transportable incineration system |
Soil |
From 12,000 ppm PCBs to
< 1 ppm |
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$200/metric ton
($180/ton) |
DOE Demo
Energy Technology Engineering Center, ORNL, LANLLawnie H. Taylor (301) 903-8119
|
Pyrolysis: Molten salt oxidation process |
Liquids & solids |
Radionuclides organics,
oils, graphite, chemical warfare agents, & explosives |
800-1,000 °C Typical
residence time is 2 seconds |
Waste passed through a
sparged bed of turbulent molten salt. |
Off-gas filtered before
release |
$500/ton. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
HT-V
TDI Thermal Dynamics |
Mobile thermal desorption unit with pyrolytic
mode |
Soil |
Dioxin
99.99% removal |
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Deutsche Babcock Anlagen AG |
Pyrolysis - Desorb and
combust volatiles |
Soil |
Polycyclic aromatics,
99.77% removal |
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Wide Beach Superfund Site NY SoilTech, Inc. |
Pyrolysis - Anaerobic
thermal processor (ATP), indirectly heated rotary kiln |
Soil |
From 5,000 ppm PCB to
< 2 ppm |
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$290/metric ton
($265/ton) |
EPA Remedial Action
McKin, ME7/86 to 2/87
Sheila Eckman
(617) 573-5784
|
Thermal desorption Canonie
Env. Services Corp., Porter, IN
|
Soil (11,500 yd³ to a
depth of 10 ft) |
VOCs Criteria:
0.1 ppm TCEInput:
Up to 1,000 ppm
TCE
Output: 0.1 ppm
|
Continuous operation 6 to 8 minutes' retention time
300 °F
|
Excavation |
Soils - solidified and
disposed of on-site Vapors - air
carbon capture
|
Industrial landfill. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Remedial Action
Otteti & Goss, NH6/89 to
9/89
Stephen Calder
(617) 573-9626
|
Thermal desorption Canonie
Engineering
|
Soil (6,000 yd³) |
TCE, PCE, DCA, benzene Criteria:
1 ppm - Total VOCs and <100 ppm each individual
vocOutput: <1 ppm total vocs
|
Batch process |
Excavation Screening |
Carbon from air pollution
control unit regenerated off-site |
For more information on
this project, see the close out report available from EPA
Region I. |
EPA Remedial Action
Outboard Marina, Waukegan Harbor (OU 3), IL1/92 to 7/92
Cindy Nolan
(312) 886-0400
|
Thermal desorption Canonie
Environmental Services, Porter, IN
|
Soil/sediments (16,000
yd³) |
PCBs Initial 20,000 -100,000 ppm 99% removal
|
Continuous with a
retention time of 15 minutes and throughput of 8 to 10
tons/hour Temperature 1,100 °F
Moisture content 20% or less soda ash added to waste to
meet DRE of 99.9999%
|
Excavation
Mixing
Dewatering |
Cleaned soil and sediment
stored in on-site containment cells. Wastewater
discharged to POTW. |
Reduced PCB levels much
more than expected. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Remedial Action
Cannon Engineering/ MA5/90 to
10/90
Richard Goehlert
(617) 573-5742
|
Thermal soil aeration Canonie Environmental Services Corp., Porter, IN
|
Soil (11,300 tons) |
Criteria:
0.1 ppm - TCE, DCE, PCE
0.2 - Toluene, Xylene
0.5 - Vinyl chloride
SVOCs - 3 ppm (total)
Input:
500 to 3,000 ppm (total VOCs)
Output:
<0.25 ppm (total vocs) |
Continuous operation 40 tons/hour
450 to 500 °F
Moisture content before treatment - 5
to 25% moisture
Additives - dry soil (to reduce
moisture content)
|
Excavation
Screening
Mixing
Dewatering |
Residuals from air
pollution control - disposed of off-site Wastewater - treated on-site
|
The waste feed size
limitation for the equipment, (1.875 inches), was an
important consideration. More
information is in the RA report available from EPA Region
I.
|
EPA Removal Action
Drexler RAMCOR, WA7/92 to 8/92
Chris Field
(206) 553-1674
|
Low temperature thermal desorption treatment. Thermally treat 3,000 tons of soil on-site up to
700 °F/Four Seasons |
Soil 3,000 tons
(approximately 3,000 yd³) |
Petroleum hydrocarbons,
polynuclear aromatics, BTEX (benzene, toluene,
ethylbenzene, xylene) 200-ppm TPH
was target. Initial TPH was 70,000 ppm (high) to 15,000 -
20,000 ppm (average)
|
16 hours/day 12 to 15
tons/hour Operating temperature
up to 700 °F
|
Excavation Screening
Removed material greater than 2 inches. Rockwashing
station for particles greater than 2 inches.
Steam-cleaned large rocks. |
Treated soil was
backfilled into the excavated areas on-site. Soil that
did not meet the targets was retreated. Wastewater was
treated on-site through carbon filters. |
Total cost approximately
$250,000. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Demo
ReSolve, Inc., Superfund Site, MA1992
Paul DePercin
(513)569-7797 Carl Palmer
(803) 646-2413
|
X*TRAXTM thermal desorption |
Soil |
VOCs, SVOCs, & PCBs Average PCB removal efficiency: 99%
|
Heated rotary dryer,
750-950 °F |
Separation technique |
Negligible organic air
emission. No PCBs detected in vent gases |
Metal concentrations and
soil physical properties not altered by system. |
EPA Demo
Wide Beach Development Superfund Site, NY & Outboard
Marine Corp., IL1991 & 1992
Paul dePercin
(513) 569-7797
|
Anaerobic thermal processor |
Soil & refinery
wastes |
PCBs (99% reduction),
chlorinated pesticides, & VOCs |
Thermal zones: preheat,
retort, combustion, & cooling |
Mixing occurs in rotary
kiln |
Vaporized contaminant
stream through cyclone, baghouse, scrubber, and carbon. |
No dioxins or furans
created. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA Demo
Niagara-Mohawk Power Co., NY6/91
Ronald Lewis
(513) 569-7856
|
High Temperature Thermal Processor |
Solids & sludges |
VOCs, SVOCs, & PCBs |
850 °F, 150 °F for safe
handling |
Rotation of screws moves
material |
Controlled by an indirect
condensing system & activated carbon beds |
Not suitable for heavy
metals. Prescreening necessary to obtain particles <1
inch. |
EPA Demo
Pesticide Site, AZ9/92
Paul DePercin
(513)569-7797 Chetan Trivedi
(219)926-7169
|
Low Temperature Thermal Aeration (LTTA®) |
Soils, sediments &
sludges |
Removal efficiencies:
>99%-VOCs @ 5,400 mg/kg
>92%-pesticides @ 1,500 mg/kg67-96%
SVOCs @ 6.5 mg/kg
|
800 °f |
Dry, pug mill, cyclonic
separators, baghouse, venturi scrubber, GAC. |
Treated exhaust air and
liquid with GAC. Does not
generate dioxins or furans.
|
Efficient performance
with no down time. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Army Demo
Letterkenny Army Depot, PA8/85
to 9/85
Capt. Kevin Keehan
(410)671-2054 Mike Cosmos
(610)701-7423
|
Low Temperature Thermal Stripping McLaren/Hart Environmental Engineering
(704)587-0003
|
Soil |
VOCs (chlorinated
solvents & fuels); 99.9% destruction |
Up to 650 °F |
Churning - Holo-Flite
screw thermal processor |
Gaseous effluent with
concentrated contaminants. |
Nitrogen may be used if
contaminants are explosive. |
EPA & Army Demo
Tinker AFB, OK & Anderson Development Co. Superfund
Site, MI1989
Paul dePercin
(513)569-7797 Capt. Kevin Keehan
(410)671-2054 Mike Cosmos
(610)701-7423
|
Low Temperature Thermal Treatment (LT3®) |
Soil |
VOCs & SVOCs; diesel
fuel, gasoline & PAHs |
Area required: 5,000 ft2.
Soil heated to 400-500 °F. Treatment capacity was
18,000-20,000 lb/hour. |
Covered troughs that
house inter-meshed screw conveyors. |
Organic phases are
disposed of off-site |
All cleanup goals met
when soil above 215 °F. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
EPA SITE Demo
EPA Combustion Research Facility, Jefferson, AK11/87 to 1/88
Laurel Staley
(513)569-7863
|
PYRETRON® thermal destruction |
Soil, sludge, solid waste |
Organics |
O2 enhanced
combustion |
40% contaminated soil,
60% decanter tank tar sludge from coking operations |
DRE for all POHCs
>99.99% |
Not suitable for aqueous,
RCRA heavy metal, or inorganic wastes. |
Alaskan Battery Enterprises Superfund Site,
Fairbanks, AKHugh Masters
EPA RREL
|
Thermal Desorption featuring
gravity separation and particle size classification |
Soil |
From 2,280- 10,374 ppm
lead to 15-2,541 ppm lead |
|
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|
$182/metric ton
($165/ton) |
Escambia Wood Treating Company
Superfund Site,
Pensacola, FLTerri Richardson
EPA RREL
|
Thermal Desorption featuring
particle size classification and surfactant addition. |
Soil |
From 550- 1,700 ppm PAHs,
48-210 ppm PCP, to 45 ppm PAHs,
3 ppm PCPs |
|
|
|
$151/metric ton
($137/ton) (projected) |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Pristine, Inc., Reading, OH Tom Alcamo
U.S. EPA
(312)886-7278
|
Thermal Desorption |
Soils with a wide range
of pH and moisture conditions. 11,500 tons of soil |
VOCs up to 0.14 ppm;
SVOCs up to 130 ppm; 4,4-DDT ranging from 0.11 to 8.2
ppm; Lead ranging from 26 to 1,100
>99.99% Destruction and Removal Efficiencies for PAHs
and pesticides. |
Treated at 1,009.9 to
1,034.1°F. |
|
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T H Agriculture & Nutrition Company
Superfund Site, Albany, GA R.
Donald Rigger (404)347-3931
|
Thermal desorption |
42,000 tons of soil |
Organochlorine (OLC)
pesticides
Concentration of OLC pesticides: >1,000 mg/kg >98%
average removal efficiencies |
Treated at 833 to
1,080°F for 15 minutes. |
|
|
Treatment cost: $849,996;
Before-treatment cost: $252,582.
$200 per ton or $340 per cubic yard soil treated. |
Site Name/
Contact |
Technology/
Vendor |
Media Treated |
Contaminants Treated |
Operating Parameters |
Materials Handling |
Residuals Management |
Comments |
Anderson Development Company Superfund Site,
Adrian, MI Jim Hahnenburg
(312)353-4213
|
Full-scale treatment using a thermal auger
system with hollow-screw conveyors. |
5,100 tons of soil |
MBOCA, VOCs, PAHs and
heavy metals |
treated at 500-530°F for
90 minutes. |
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McKin Company Superfund Site, Gray, ME Sheila Eckman
(617)573-5784
|
Thermal Desorption |
11,500 cubic yards of
soil |
3,310 mg/kg of TCE, 130
mg/kg of Ethylbenzene, 35 mg/kg of Toluene. Treated to
<0.1 mg/kg of TCE, <1 mg/kg of other VOCs |
Treated at 250-400°F for
6 minutes. |
|
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Total cost: $2,900,000 |