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SITE TECHNOLOGY CAPSULE: CLEAN BERKSHIRES, INC. - THERMAL DESORPTION SYSTEM
Citation:
SITE TECHNOLOGY CAPSULE: CLEAN BERKSHIRES, INC. - THERMAL DESORPTION SYSTEM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/540/R-94/507a.
Description:
The thermal desorption process devised by Clean Berkshires, Inc., works by vaporizing the organic contaminants from the soil with heat, isolating the contaminant! in a gas stream, and then destroying them in a high efficiency afterburner. he processed solids are either replaced from where they were excavated, used for other purposes, or disposed of as a non-hazardous waste.The Clean Berkshires, Inc. hermal Desorption System was evaluation under the SITE Program at the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's Harbor Point Site in Utica, NY. he soils and sediments were contaminated with PAHs and cyanides. he results of the three runs on each of four different soils showed that the PAHs and cyanides could be removed from the soil and that better than 99.99% DRE's (Destruction Removal Efficiency) were achieved with spiked samples of napthalene and xylenes with the primary kiln afterburner and emission control system.