Mobile system for extracting spilled hazardous materials from excavated soils. Final report Dec 76-Apr 82
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5244874
Laboratory tests were conducted with three separate pollutants (phenol, arsenic trioxide, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) and two soils of widely different characteristics (sand/gravel/silt/clay and organic loam) to evaluate techniques for cleansing soil contaminated with released or spilled hazardous materials. The tests show that scrubbing of excavated soil on site is an efficient approach for freeing soils of certain contaminants but that the effectiveness depends on the washing fluid (water + additives) and on the soil composition and particle size distribution. Based on the test results, a full-scale, field-use system was designed, engineered, fabricated, assembled, and briefly tested; the unit is now ready for field demonstrations.
- Research Organization:
- Rexnord, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5244874
- Report Number(s):
- PB-84-123637
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
510200* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ADDITIVES
AROMATICS
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARSENIC OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DISSOLUTION
EQUIPMENT
EXTRACTION
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LEACHING
MATERIALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PHENOL
PHENOLS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
REMOVAL
SCRUBBING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ADDITIVES
AROMATICS
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARSENIC OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DISSOLUTION
EQUIPMENT
EXTRACTION
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LEACHING
MATERIALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PHENOL
PHENOLS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
REMOVAL
SCRUBBING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS