Flameless Thermal Oxidation. Innovative Technology Summary Report

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7404· OSTI ID:7404

The Flameless Thermal Oxidizer (FTO) is a commercial technology offered by Thermatrix, Inc. The FTO has been demonstrated to be an effective destructive technology for process and waste stream off-gas treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and in the treatment of VOC and chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) off-gases generated during site remediation using either baseline or innovative in situ environmental technologies. The FTO process efficiently converts VOCs and CVOCs to carbon dioxide, water, and hydrogen chloride. When FTO is coupled with a baseline technology, such as soil vapor extraction (SVE), an efficient in situ soil remediation system is produced. The innovation is in using a simple, reliable, scalable, and robust technology for the destruction of VOC and CVOC off-gases based on a design that generates a uniform thermal reaction zone that prevents flame propagation and efficiently oxidizes off-gases without forming products of incomplete combustion (Plcs ).

• Research Organization: USDOE, Office of Environmental Management, Office of Science and Technology, Washington, DC (US); Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program, Oak Ridge, TN; Colorado Center for Environmental Management, Denver, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• OSTI ID: 7404
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM-0287; OST/TMS ID 52
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CARBON DIOXIDE
CHLORINATED
COMBUSTION
CVOCS
DESIGN
FLAME PROPAGATION
FLAMELESS THERMAL OXIDIZER
FTO
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE
IN SITU SOIL REMEDIATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXIDIZERS
PRODUCTS OF INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION
REMEDIATION
SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION
SOILS
THERMAL
VOCS
VOLATILE MATTER
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
WASTE STREAM OFF-GAS TREATMENT
WASTES
WATER