Site demonstration of Terra-Kleen Response Group`s mobile solvent extraction process
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
- PRC Environmental Management, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (United States)
In 1986 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) and the Office of Research and Development (ORD) established the SITE Program to Promote the development and use of innovative technologies to clean up uncontrolled hazardous waste sites across the country. The Terra-Kleen Response Group (TKRG) requested that EPA`s SITE Program evaluate their mobile solvent extraction technology, and was selected for evaluation under the Demonstration Program. This technology is a batch process system which uses proprietary solvents to separate organic contaminants from soils, sediments, and/or sludges. Organic contaminants are concentrated during processing, thus reducing the volume of hazardous wastes for final disposal. Therefore, this technology is non-destructive. TKRG`s solvent extraction process is transportable and can be configured to treat both small or large quantities of solids. System components are often available from local suppliers throughout the United States. The SITE Demonstration of this technology was conducted during May 1994 in cooperation with the Naval Environmental Leadership Program (NELP) at Navel Air Station North Island (NASNI) which is located near San Diego, California. TKRG was contracted by NASNI to treat five tons of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated soil. This project was considered to be a pilot-scale demonstration of the capabilities of the TKRG`s solvent extraction process. The primary objective of this demonstration was to determine if the process could achieve a soil clean up level of <2.0 mg/kg total PCB.
- OSTI ID:
- 111486
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504110--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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