Thermal Treatment: Ex Situ

For more information on Thermal Desorption, please contact:

Jim Cummings
Technology Assessment Branch
(703) 603-7197
cummings.james@epa.gov

Overview Guidance Application Training Additional Resources

Application

Cost and Performance Reports
Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable.

• Ex Situ Thermal Desorption using the SepraDyne^TM-Raduce System at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2003)
• Low Temperature Thermal Desorption at Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, Karnack, Texas (2000)
• Thermal Desorption at Industrial Latex Superfund Site, Wallington, New Jersey (2003)
• Thermal Desorption at Letterkenny Army Depot Superfund Site, K Areas, OU 1 Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (2000)
• Thermal Desorption at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Site 17, OU 2, Jacksonville, Florida (1998)
• Thermal Desorption at Site B, Western United States (2003)
• Thermal Desorption at the Anderson Development Company Superfund Site, Adrian, Michigan (1995)
• Thermal Desorption at the Arlington Blending and Packaging Superfund Site, Arlington, Tennessee (2000)
• Thermal Desorption at the Cape Fear Superfund Site, Fayetteville, North Carolina (2002)
• Thermal Desorption at the Lipari Landfill, Operable Unit 3, Pitman, New Jersey (2002)
• Thermal Desorption at the McKin Company Superfund Site, Gray, Maine (1995)
• Thermal Desorption at the Metaltec Superfund Site, Franklin Borough, New Jersey (2001)
• Thermal Desorption at the Outboard Marine Corporation Superfund Site, Waukegan, Illinois (1995)
• Thermal Desorption at the Port Moller Radio Relay Station, Port Moller, Alaska (1998)
• Thermal Desorption at the Pristine, Inc. Superfund Site, Reading, Ohio (1995)
• Thermal Desorption at the Reich Farm Superfund Site, Pleasant Plains, New Jersey (2001)
• Thermal Desorption at the Reilly Industries Superfund Site, OU 3 Indianapolis, Indiana (2002)
• Thermal Desorption at the Re-Solve, Inc. Superfund Site, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts (1998)
• Thermal Desorption at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Golden, Colorado (2001)
• Thermal Desorption at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Trenches T-3 and T-4, Golden, Colorado (2000)
• Thermal Desorption at the Sand Creek Industrial Superfund Site, OU 5 Commerce City, Colorado (2000)
• Thermal Desorption at the Sarney Farm Superfund Site, Amenia, New York (2001)
• Thermal Desorption at the Solvent Refined Coal Pilot Plant, Fort Lewis, Washington (1998)
• Thermal Desorption at the T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Company Superfund Site, Albany, Georgia (1995)
• Thermal Desorption at the T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition Site, OU2, Albany, GA (2005)
• Thermal Desorption at the Waldick Aerospace Devices Superfund Site, Wall Township, New Jersey (1998)
• Thermal Desorption/Dehalogenation at the Wide Beach Development Superfund Site, Brant, New York (1995)
• Thermal Desorption/Gas Phase Chemical Reduction at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site, New Bedford, Massachusetts (2001)
• Thermochemical Conversion of Demolition Debris from Fort Ord, California (2002)
• Transportable Hot-Gas Decontamination System at the Alabama Army Ammunition Plant Site, Alpine, Alabama (1998)
• Vacuum-Enhanced, Low Temperature Thermal Desorption at the FCX Washington Superfund Site Washington, North Carolina (1998)

Innovative Site Remediation Technologies Design and Application, Volume 5: Thermal Desorption
W.L. Troxler, E.S. Alperin, P.R. de Percin, J.H. Hutton, J.S. Lighty, and C.R. Palmer. American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Annapolis, MD. ISBN: 1-883767-21-0, 300 pp, 1998. [EPA 542-B-97-008, NTIS: PB99-109027]

This monograph discusses the use of thermal desorption systems chiefly for hazardous substance applications, while application of the technology to petroleum-contaminated waste matrices is addressed briefly in an appendix. The components of the thermal desorption process are detailed with case histories of eight different equipment types, ranging from rotary dryers to mercury retorts, in technology applications at sites under CERCLA, RCRA Corrective Action, state Superfund, and Brownfields programs.

Innovative Technology Summary Report: Transportable Vitrification System
U.S. DOE, Office of Environmental Management.
DOE/EM-0504, 52 pp, 1998.

Minergy Corporation Glass Furnace Technology Evaluation
U.S. EPA, Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program.
EPA 540-R-03-500, 137 pp, 2004

The demonstration evaluated the technology's ability to reduce PCB and metal concentrations in river sediment. Contaminated media are placed in the furnace and heated to about 1,600 degrees Celsius, at which temperature soils and sediments melt, PCBs and organic contaminants are destroyed or removed, and metals are encapsulated within the resulting glass matrix.

Remediation Trial at The Avenue Using Thermal Treatment
CL:AIRE Case Study Bulletin CSB 6, 4 pp, 2006

Contaminated material from The Avenue (a former coking plant and chemical works) was addressed with an ex situ thermal treatment to assess the suitability of enhanced thermal conduction technology to treat soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and diesel-range organics.

Site-Specific Technical Report for the Evaluation of Thermatrix GS Series Flameless Thermal Oxidizer for Off-Gas Treatment of Soil Vapors with Volatile Organic Compounds at the Source Area Reduction System, Former Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado
S.R. Archabal, D.C. Downey, T.E. Dragoo, and P.R. Guest. NTIS: ADA382609, 149 pp, 1998.

This report presents the results of technology demonstration designed to determine the applicability of using flameless thermal oxidation (FTO) technology for treatment of extracted soil vapors containing chlorinated and non-chlorinated VOCs.

Site-Specific Technical Report for the Evaluation of Thermatrix GS Series Flameless Thermal Oxidizer for Off-Gas Treatment of Trichloroethene Vapors at Building 181 Air Force Plant 4, Texas
S.R. Archabal, D.C. Downey, P.R. Guest, and M.J. Vessely. NTIS: ADA382616, 130 pp, 1998.

As part of an AFCEE-sponsored program to promote the use of cost-effective vapor treatment technologies in conjunction with soil vapor extraction for remediation of fuel- and solvent-impacted sites, a demonstration of a flameless thermal oxidation (FTO) system developed for treatment of extracted soil vapors containing chlorinated and non-chlorinated VOCs by Thermatrix, Inc. of Knoxville, TN, was implemented at AFP 4, Fort Worth, TX.

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