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APPLICATIONS ANALYSIS REPORT: BABCOCK AND WILCOX CYCLONE FURNACE
Citation:
U.S. EPA. APPLICATIONS ANALYSIS REPORT: BABCOCK AND WILCOX CYCLONE FURNACE. EPA/540/AR-92/017, 1992.
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This document is an evaluation of the performance of the Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) Cyclone Furnace Vitrification Technology and its applicability as a treatment technique for soils contaminated with heavy metals, radionuclides, and organics. oth the technical and economic aspects of the technology were examined. emonstration of the B&W vitrification technology was conducted in the fall of 1991 using B&W's pilot-scale unite located at its Alliance Research Center in Alliance, Ohio. perational data and sampling and analysis information were carefully compiled to establish a database against which other available data, as well as the vendor's claims for the technology, could be compared and evaluated. onclusion concerning the technology's suitability for use in immobilizing metal and radionuclides in soils as well as destroying organic contaminants were reached. xtrapolations regarding applications to different contaminants and soil types were made. he following conclusions were derived primarily from the Demonstration Test results and supported by other available data: 1) the treated soil did not leach any metals at levels above the regulatory limits; (2) the process achieved a Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE) of greater than 99.99 percent for each Principal Organic Hazardous Constituent (POHC); (3) particulate emissions were below the regulatory limit; (4) the non-volatile metals were retained in the slag; and (5) simulated radionuclides were immobilized.