| EPA
Demo Edison, NJ 1991 Laurel Staley |
Carver Greenfield Process | Soils, sediments, & sludges | Oil soluble organics -100% TPH and 95% oil removal | 5-10 lb of "carrier oil" added for 1 lb of soil | Extracted oil mixture separated in oil/water separator | Dry final solids product with less than 1% carrier oil | Oil is distilled and recirculated. |
| EPA Demo Carter Industrial, MI Shaver's Farm, GA Hopkinsville, KY Naomi Berkley |
Debris washing system | Debris | Reduction-
PCB to 10 µ/100 cm² Benzonitrile from 4,556 to 10 µ/100 cm² Dicamba from 25 to 1 µg/100 cm² |
Spray detergent and water @ 140 °F, 60 lb/psig | 300-gallon spray and waste tank | Wash solution treated oil/water separator, filter, carbon, and ion exchange | Transportable. |
| EPA Demo IN, MI, OH, SD, VA, WI 1992 S. Jackson Hubbard |
MAECTITETM | Soils, sludges, other waste materials, & debris | Lead | Up to 100 tons/hour; curing for 4 hours | Blending with proprietary powder and reagent solution | Soil-like residual of reduced volume is suitable for landfill as a special waste | End product confirmatory testing required. |
| DOE Integrated Demo (1,2) Chemical and Mixed Waste Landfills, Albuquerque, NM (3) Mixed Waste Landfill at Kirkland AFB, NM Jennifer Nelson |
Mixed waste landfill | In situ landfills in arid environ- ments which contain complex mixtures | Mixed wastes containing heavy metals in complex mixtures with organic, inorganic, and radioactive wastes | Integration of existing technologies, including thermally enhanced vapor extraction system, flexible membrane lining system, and directional drilling | Characteri- zation and remediation technology demos | Goal is to remove the most rapidly moving constituents, and to isolate the remaining constituents for 30 years (interim) or permanently. | All of the characteri- zation technologies currently funded by MWLID (Mixed Waste Landfill Integrated Demon- stration) have been demonstrated. |
| DOE Integrated Demo, DOE Savannah River Site, Aiken, GA Terry Walton |
Organics in soil and groundwater at nonarid sites | Soils, ground- water at nonarid sites empha- sizing in situ remediation | Volatile organics, such as TCE and PCE | Integrated demo includes many technologies - no specific parameters given | Directional well drilling precedes the in situ air stripping | Integrated demo includes many technologies - no specific parameters given | 16,000 lb of chlorinated solvents removed at Savannah River during a 20-week test period. |
| DOE Integrated
Demo, 4 DOE sites; at (1) Hanford (2) Fernald, ID (3) Oak Ridge (4) Savannah River 2/91 Roger Gilchrist |
Underground storage tanks emphasizing the single-shell storage tanks located at the Hanford site. | Ground water, soil | Tank waste constituents ranging from Na-nitrates to trans-uranics, in 3 forms: supernatant (liquid), sludges, and salt-cake (which can be as hard as cement) | UST-ID is pursuing technologies in two general areas: characteri- zation/ retrieval technologies & separations of low-level waste technologies. No/few specific parameters available | Integrated demo includes many technologies - no specific parameters given | Integrated demo includes many technologies - no specific parameters given | The UST-ID program will be used at Hanford, Fernald, Idaho, Oak Ridge, and Savannah River. Most UST waste was generated by processes used to separate nuclear fuels from other components. |
| DOE Integrated Demo, Fernald Environmental Project Cincinnati, OH Kimberly Nonfer |
Uranium soil | Soil | Uranium | Selective extraction of uranium. Characterize uranium involved (especially dominant hexavalent oxidation state) | Extraction without physio- chemical damage to soil | Concentrated uranium stream | This technology will be developed further. |
| DOI Tech Demo Tests conducted in St. John's County, FL George A. Savanick |
Borehole slurry extraction | Soils, especially sand, stone, or clays | Uranium, oil | Soil is reduced in situ to a pumpable slurry. Single 6 to 12-inch diameter borehole | Soil is reduced in situ to a pumpable slurry | After treatment waste material is pumped back into cavity to prevent surface subsidence | Application of 10 year-old borehole mining tool for extracting minerals to environmental problems. |
| DOI Tech Demo (EPA & Bureau of Mines) Bureau of Mines Salt Lake City Research Center 4/90 J.P. Allen |
Characteri- zation and treatment of contaminated Great Lakes sediment | Sediment | Organics and inorganics | Physical separation (mineral processing) technologies, including magnetic separation, gravity separation, and froth flotation, being investigated | Volume reduction followed by more expensive treatment | Physical separation is considered pretreatment, as some smaller amount of concentrated material will require further decontami- nation | Bureau of Mines bench-scale tests have identified potential for considerable cost savings. Most promising are grain-size separation and froth flotation. |
Sources: Innovative Treatment Technologies: Annual Status Report ( Eighth and Tenth Editions, Nov. 1996 and Feb. 2001). Innovative Remediation Technologies: Field-Scale Demonstration Projects in North America (1st and 2nd Editions, Aug 1996 and Jun 2000).