Successful completion of the Sikes incineration project
Conference
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OSTI ID:69806
- Davy International, San Francisco, CA (United States)
- IT-Davy, Crosby, TX (United States)
The Sikes Disposal Pits Superfund remedial action project was completed in late 1994 after nearly two years of incineration of approximately 500,000 tons of soils, sludges and sediments. IT/Davy was awarded a $90 million contract by the Texas Water Commission (now called Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission -- TNRCC) in July 1990 to carry out a complex 5 year remedial action program, including installation of an on-site hazardous waste incineration facility; a water treatment plant and flood protection platform; incineration of wastes and contaminated soil; treatment of contaminated ground and surface water, stabilization of incinerator ash; excavation, dewatering, and backfilling of contaminated soils; and site closure. Site activities began in the fall of 1990. Installation of the IT-Hybrid Thermal Treatment System (HTTS) was completed in October 1991, with trial burns conducted during the first week of April 1992. Trial burn results demonstrated Destruction and Removal Efficiencies (DRE) of 99.99999% for chlorobenzene and 99.999% for naphthalene. Following an interim burn period production operating conditions at up to 45 tons/hr were established. Incineration activities were completed in June 1994, approximately 10 months ahead of the contract schedule even though the incineration quantity grew by approximately 45 percent. This paper presents a review of this highly successful remediation project. The site is described and the remedial actions are reviewed and temporary facilities are described. Results from the trial burn program and an air quality study are presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 69806
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941189--; ISBN 1-56590-016-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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