TABLE 3-6 COMPLETED PROJECTS: IN SITU THERMAL TREATMENT FOR SOIL, SEDIMENT, AND SLUDGE



Site Nate/ Contact Technology/ Vendor Media Treated Contaminants TReated Operating Parameters Material Handling Residuals Management Comments
DOE Demo LLNL, CA

1993

Roger D. Aines, Robin L. Newmark
(415) 423-7184 or 3644

Dynamic underground stripping Concen- trated under ground plumes Organics In situ injection pressure controlled to increase with depth Combination of steam injection and 3-phase soil heating Organics volatilized and extracted in a vapor stream Real time monitoring is used for process control.
Air Force Demo
Volk Field ANGB, WI

1985, 1989, 1993

Paul F. Carpenter
(904) 523-6022

Radio frequency (RF) thermal soil decon- tamination Soils Solvents & volatile & semivolatile petroleum hydrocarbons

94-99% decon- tamination in 12 days

Power source is 45 kW electric- magnetic generator Heating, volatilization Off gas captured at surface or through electrodes Advantages:
1. No excavation required.
2. Equipment is portable.
Limitations:
1. High moisture requires excessive power.
2. Large buried metal objects void method.
Site Nate/ Contact Technology/ Vendor Media Treated Contaminants TReated Operating Parameters Material Handling Residuals Management Comments
DOE Demo Hanford Reservation, WA

10/93

W.O. Heath, T.M. Bergsman
(509) 376-0554 or 3638

Six-phase soil heating Soils VOCs In situ

Resistive heating

6 electrodes placed around central extraction vent Off-gases must be treated before release Sufficient soil moisture needed near electrodes to avoid excessive drying.
DOE Demo
Sandia National Laboratory, NM

Fall 1993

Darrel Bandy
(505) 845-6100
James M. Phelan
(505) 845-9892

Thermally enhanced vapor extraction Soils VOCs In situ
Voltages: 200-1,600V Temp: 100 °C
Resistive heating & radio frequency heating Off gas must be treated $15 to $20/ton depending on soil moisture and treatment temperature.
Site Nate/ Contact Technology/ Vendor Media Treated Contaminants TReated Operating Parameters Material Handling Residuals Management Comments
EPA Demo
Annex Terminal, San Pedro, CA

1989

Paul DePercin
(513) 569-7797

In situ steam & air stripping Soil VOCs and SVOCs. Up to 55% SVOC removal; >85% VOC removal Treatment rate of 3 yd3/hr. Steam 450 °F 450 psig. Transportable treatment unit includes off-gas shroud & auger injection/ extraction wells. Can also be used to treat soil w/injection of reactive chemicals Water and air treated with carbon. Treated water recycled in process. No downward migration of contaminants during soil treatment.
EPA Demo
LeMoore NAS, CA

1988

Paul DePercin
(513) 569-7797

In situ steam- enhanced extraction (SEE) Soils above and below the water table VOCs and SVOCs; recovery 10x greater than w/ vacuum extraction alone Steam injected into soil Gasoline recovery reduces treatment required at surface Recovered contaminants are either condensed or treated with extracted air or liquid Can be adapted to prevent downward movement of DNAPLs.
EPA Demo
San Fernando Valley Ground Water Basin Superfund Site, CA

1990

Norma Lewis
(513) 569-7665

Integrated Vapor Extraction & Steam Vacuum Stripping Soil & Ground water Organics -up to 2.2 ppm TCE up to 11 ppm PCE

Up to 99.99% removal

In situ

Ground water 1,200 gpm

Soil gas 300 ft/min

Ground water steam stripping tower and SVE of soil Carbon should be regenerated every 8 hours Has been in operation over 3 years.
Site Nate/ Contact Technology/ Vendor Media Treated Contaminants TReated Operating Parameters Material Handling Residuals Management Comments
EPA Demo Huntington Beach, CA

1993

Paul DePercin
(513) 569-7797

Steam Enhanced Recovery Process (SERP) Soils Diesel fuel spill In situ Steam injection NAPLs separated by gravity water treatment Only low concen- trations of DNAPLs can be treated.
EPA Demo
Pennsylvania Power and Light, PA

1993

Eugene Harris
(513) 569-7862

Contained Recovery of Oily Wastes (CROWtm) Soil Oily wastes - NAPLs, coal tar, PCP creosote, petroleum hydrocarbons In situ Steam/hot water displacement Oily waste brought to surface Biodegra- dation may follow this process.
Site Nate/ Contact Technology/ Vendor Media Treated Contaminants TReated Operating Parameters Material Handling Residuals Management Comments
Air Force & EPA Demo
Kelly AFB, TX

Reinaldo Matias
(513) 569-7149

HRUBOUTŪ Process Soils VOCs & SVOCs In situ. Operates 24 hours/day. Hydrocarbons destroyed at 1,500°F Heated air injected below contami- nation. Vapors to thermal oxider Ex situ application also possible.
Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Burbank, CA
Norma Lewis
EPA
(513) 569-7665
Integrated ground water stripping and soil system. Soil and Ground water PCE 11 ppm Soil gas: Total VOC 6,000 ppm ground water: TCE 2.2 ppm 98-99.9% VOC removal     Off gas must be treated $4.3M and $630,000 annual O&M for 1,000 gpm system
Kelly AFB, TX

Paul Carpenter
AL/EQW
(904)283-6187

Two pilot-scale demos of RF heating: IITRI and KAI designs Soil >90% VOC and SVOC removal;     Off gas must be treated < $100/ton in shallow clay

Sources: Innovative Treatment Technologies: Annual Status Report (EPA, Eighth Edition, Nov. 1996). Completed North American Innovative Remediation Technology Demonstration Projects (EPA, Aug.1996)