Cleaning excavated soil using extraction agents: A state-of-the-art review. Final report, June 1985-January 1989
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5644393
This report presents a state-of-the-art review of soil-washing technologies and their applicability to Superfund sites in the United States. The review includes Superfund site soil and contamination characteristics, as well as soil cleaning technologies, their principles of operation, and process parameters. The technical feasibility of using soil-washing technologies at Superfund sites in the United States is assessed. Contaminants are classified as volatile, hydrophilic, or hydrophobic organics; PCBs; heavy metals; or radioactive material. Soils are classified as either sand, silt, clay, or waste fill. Three generic types of extractive treatments are identified for cleaning excavated soils: water washing augmented with a basic or surfactant agent to remove organics, and water washing with an acidic or chelating agent to remove organics and heavy metals; organics-solvent washing to remove hydrophobic organics and PCBs; and air or steam stripping to remove volatile organics.
- Research Organization:
- Foster Wheeler Enviresponse, Inc., Livingston, NJ (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5644393
- Report Number(s):
- PB-89-212757/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
510600* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Regulations-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AERATION
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CLEANING
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
EXCAVATION
EXTRACTION
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
LAND POLLUTION
LAND RECLAMATION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
REVIEWS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SUPERFUND
SURFACTANTS
VOLATILE MATTER
WASHING
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
510600* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Regulations-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AERATION
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CLEANING
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
EXCAVATION
EXTRACTION
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
LAND POLLUTION
LAND RECLAMATION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
REVIEWS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SUPERFUND
SURFACTANTS
VOLATILE MATTER
WASHING
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT