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U.S. EPA'S EVALUATION OF A TEXACO GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Citation:
Richards, M. AND S. Rosenthal. U.S. EPA'S EVALUATION OF A TEXACO GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-95/037 (NTIS PB95190518), 1994.
Description:
Gasification technologies are designed to produce, from carbonaceous organic materials (e.g., coal, oil), a useable mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen called synthesis gas, or syngas. yngas could be used to produce power or chemicals. he Texaco Gasification Process (TGP) employs the technology to treat, or remediate, contaminated soil by destroying the hazardous organic compounds in the soil while forming a glassy slag and producing syngas. he Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program accepted the TGP into the program and conducted a field test Demonstration at the Texaco Montebello Research Laboratory (MRL) in South El Monte, California in January 1994. ontaminated soil, in slurry form, from Purity Oil Sales, a Superfund site in Fresno, California, was treated in the MRL High-Pressure Solids Gasification Unit II. lurry was prepared from the soil (after pretreatment size reduction), coal, water, slurry additives and spiking compounds. his paper provides information on the technology description, applicability, and limitations, and on the latest performance data from that Demonstration.
