Pilot-scale incineration of comtaminated soils from the drake chemical superfund site. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6832599

King, C; Lee, J W; Waterland, L R

A series of pilot-scale incineration tests were performed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Incineration Research Facility to evaluate the potential of incineration as an option to treat contaminated soils from the Drake Chemical Superfund site in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The soils at the Drake site are reported to be contaminated to varying degrees with various organic constituents and several hazardous constituent trace metals. The purpose of the test program was to evaluate the incinerability of selected site soils in terms of the destruction of contaminant organic constituents and the fate of contaminant trace metals. All tests were conducted in the rotary kiln incineration system at the IRF. Test results show that greater than 99.995 percent principal organic hazardous constituent (POHC) destruction and removal efficiencies (DRE) can be achieved at kiln exit gas temperatures of nominally 816 C (1,500 F) and 538 C (1,000 F). Complete soil decontamination of semivolatile organics was achieved; however, kiln ash levels of three volatile organic constituents remained comparable to soil levels.

• Research Organization: Acurex Corp., Jefferson, AR (United States). Incineration Reserach Facility
• OSTI ID: 6832599
• Report Number(s): PB-93-163004/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-C9-0038
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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