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Title: Activated carbon to the rescue

Journal Article · · Environmental Protection
OSTI ID:426621
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  1. Calgon Carbon Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

This article describes the response to pipeline spill of ethylene dichloride (EDC) on the property of an oil company. Activated carbon cleanup proceedure was used. During delivery, changeout, transport, storage, thermal reactivation, and return delivery to the site, the carbon never came into direct contact with operating personnel or the atmosphere. More than 10,000 tones of dredge soil and 50 million gallons of surface water were processed during the emergency response.

OSTI ID:
426621
Journal Information:
Environmental Protection, Vol. 7, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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