Technology Evaluation Report: SITE program demonstration of the Dupont/Oberlin microfiltration technology

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5386939

Martin, J F

In April and May 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program, demonstrated Dupont/Oberlin's microfiltration system at the Pamerton Zinc Superfund (PZS) site in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. The microfiltration system combines Dupont's Tyvek T-980 filter media with Oberlin's automatic pressure filter and is designed to remove solids larger than 0.1 micron in diameter from liquid wastes. The microfiltration system demonstrated at the PZS site was evaluated primarily in terms of its ability to remove metals (mainly zinc) and particulates from the contaminated groundwater on site, while producing a dry filter cake and filtrate that meet applicable disposal requirements.

• Research Organization: PRC Environmental Management, Inc., Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5386939
• Report Number(s): PB-92-153410/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
CLEANING
COOPERATION
DECONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FILTERS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INTERAGENCY COOPERATION
LAWS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
REMEDIAL ACTION
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
ZINC