The SITE demonstration of the Shirco electric infrared incinerator

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · JAPCA, International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Waste Management; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/08940630.1989.10466566· OSTI ID:5049836

Wall, H O; Olexsey, R A ^[1]; Rosenthal, S ^[2]

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1. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
2. Foster Wheeler Enviresponse, Inc., Livingston, NJ (USA)

A test program for the Shirco infrared destruction process is described in this article. This incineration process is transportable and can be an effective method for cleanup of soils from Superfund sites. A pilot-scale unit and a 100-ton per day transportable unit were tested as part of the Superfund Technology Evaluation (SITE) program. The process consists of a thermal destruction chamber where electricity is used for infrared rods that heat the waste, and a second chamber where propane is used to destroy any remaining hydrocarbons in the exhaust from the first chamber. A venturi scrubber and horizontal packed tower were used for particulate removal before exhausting the gas to the atmosphere. The feed material was reduced to less than one inch in diameter before it was processed by the unit. The testing indicated that the Shirco system would remove and destroy organics from a waste, but would not remove heavy metals. The scrubber on the full scale system was of marginal capacity for the particular application and did not meet the RCRA specifications of 180 mg/dscm during two of the four tests made for the full scale unit. Both units achieved Destruction and Removal Efficiencies (DRE) in excess of the 99.99 percent required for RCRA applications. Performance with respect to the TSCA requirement of 99.9999 percent for PCBs could not be ascertained due to the concentration of PCB in the feed.

• OSTI ID: 5049836
• Journal Information: JAPCA, International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Waste Management; (USA), Journal Name: JAPCA, International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Waste Management; (USA) Vol. 39:6; ISSN JIJME; ISSN 0894-0630
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CLEANING
COMBUSTION
DECONTAMINATION
EFFICIENCY
EQUIPMENT
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
INCINERATORS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION LAWS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
SCRUBBERS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
TESTING
THERMAL DEGRADATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT