EPA site demonstration of the Biotrol Soil Washing Process

Stinson, M K; Skovronek, H S; Ellis, W D

Title: EPA site demonstration of the Biotrol Soil Washing Process

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A pilot-scale soil washing process, patented by BioTrol, was demonstrated on soil that was contaminated by wood treating waste. The BioTrol Soil Washing was demonstrated in a treatment train sequence with two other pilot-scale units of BioTrol technologies for treatment of waste streams from the soil washer. The three technologies of the treatment train were: The BioTrol Soil Washer (BSW), the BioTrol Aqueous Treatment System (BATS), and the Slurry Bioreactor (SBR). The BioTrol processes were evaluated on pentachlorophenol (PCP) and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which were the primary soil contaminants at the site. The sandy site soil, consisting of less than 10% of fines, was well suited for treatment by soil washing. The BSW successfully separated the feed soil (100% by weight) into 83% of washed soil, 10% of woody residues, and 7% of fines. The soil washer achieved up to 89% removal of PCP and PAHs, based on the difference between their levels in the feed soil and in the washed soil. The BATS degraded up to 94% of PCP in the process water from soil washing. The SBR achieved over 90% removals of PCP and 70-90% removals of PAHs, respectively from the soil washing. Cost of a commercial-scalemore »« less

Authors:: Stinson, M K; Skovronek, H S; Ellis, W D

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

Research Org.:: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.

OSTI Identifier:: 5386973

Report Number(s):: PB-92-150655/XAB; EPA-600/J-92/051

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Pub. in Jnl. of Air and Waste Management Association, v42 n1 p96-103 1991. See also PB91-182279 and PB91-228056. Prepared in cooperation with Science Applications International Corp., Paramus, NJ

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; MATERIALS RECOVERY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; DECONTAMINATION; FIELD TESTS; LAND POLLUTION; REMEDIAL ACTION; SITE SURVEYS; US EPA; US SUPERFUND; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; AROMATICS; CLEANING; CONTROL; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LAWS; LIQUID WASTES; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION LAWS; PROCESSING; RECOVERY; TESTING; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; WATER; 540250* - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)

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