Earth melter with rubble walls and method of use

Title: Earth melter with rubble walls and method of use

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The present invention is an improvement to the earth melter described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,618. The improvement is the use of rubble for retaining walls. More specifically, the retaining walls rest on ground level and extend above ground level piling rubble around a melt zone. A portion of the melter may be below grade wherein sidewalls are formed by the relatively undisturbed native soil or rock, and the rubble may be used as a backfill liner for the below grade sidewalls.

Inventors:

Chapman, Chris C ^[1]

Richland, WA

Issue Date:: 1998-01-01

Research Org.:: Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 871499

Patent Number(s):: 5743937

Assignee:: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES

C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS

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C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
C03B5/0272 - {Pot furnaces}

C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
C22B7/003 - {only remelting, e.g. of chips, borings, turnings

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B09 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE B09C - RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
B09C1/067 - {by vitrification}

C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
C22B9/20 - Arc remelting

C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
C03B5/005 - {of glass-forming waste materials

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
Y02P10/20 - Process efficiency

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DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: earth; melter; rubble; walls; method; improvement; described; claimed; 443; 618; retaining; specifically; ground; level; extend; piling; melt; zone; portion; below; grade; sidewalls; formed; relatively; undisturbed; native; soil; rock; backfill; liner; ground level; below grade; melt zone; native soil; earth melter; retaining walls; /75/266/405/588/

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  abstractNote = {The present invention is an improvement to the earth melter described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,618. The improvement is the use of rubble for retaining walls. More specifically, the retaining walls rest on ground level and extend above ground level piling rubble around a melt zone. A portion of the melter may be below grade wherein sidewalls are formed by the relatively undisturbed native soil or rock, and the rubble may be used as a backfill liner for the below grade sidewalls.},

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