Accession Number:
ADA459440
Title:
Low Temperature Thermal Desorption Processes for the Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Solvents, Hydrocarbons, and Petroleum Products
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Nov 1992-Feb 1993
Corporate Author:
RASCO INC WOODBRIDGE VA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1993-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
66.0
Abstract:
In December, 1991 the United States Army undertook a full-scale effort to remove Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs from contaminated soils at the Industrial Waste Treatment Plant IWTP Lagoon at Letterkenny Army Depot LEAD near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The Low Temperature Thermal Treatment process used had previously undergone successful pilot studies in the K-area. It is the objective of this report to review data from both the studies and the full-scale operation at LEAD for the purpose of evaluating those factors that ay influence the selection of this technology for the remediation of soils elsewhere. Included in this report is scale-up efficiencies, costs, physical parameters and comparisons of low temperature thermal stripping technologies used in soil remediation. This report is designed to disseminate practical, implementation-related information to minimize, selection, design, costing, and construction problems associated with Low Temperature Volatile Systems LTVS.
Descriptors:
- *LOW TEMPERATURE
- *HYDROCARBONS
- *CONTAMINATION
- MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- ARMY FACILITIES
- SCALING FACTOR
- SOLVENTS
- PILOT STUDIES
- SOIL POLLUTION
- SOIL REMEDIATION
- WASTES(INDUSTRIAL)
- PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
- WASTE TREATMENT
- INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
- VOLATILITY
- ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- EFFICIENCY
- COSTS
- SOILS
- SUPPLY DEPOTS
Subject Categories:
- Organic Chemistry
- Miscellaneous Materials
- Solid Wastes and Pollution and Control