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PILOT-SCALE INCINERATION OF CONTAMINATED SLUDGES FROM THE BOFORS-NOBEL SUPERFUND SITE
Citation:
King, C. AND L. Waterland. PILOT-SCALE INCINERATION OF CONTAMINATED SLUDGES FROM THE BOFORS-NOBEL SUPERFUND SITE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-92/240 (NTIS PB93141034).
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A detailed test program was performed at the U.S. EPA Incineration Research Facility to help determine the effectiveness of incineration in treating two contaminated lagoon sludges from the Bofors-Nobel Superfund site in Muskegon, MI. he sludges tested were contaminated with various organic contaminants and trace metals. hree incineration tests were conducted for each sludge, for a total of six tests, in the IRF's pilot-scale rotary kiln incineration system. arget incineration conditions were held constant for all six tests, with a kiln temperature of 982 degrees C; kiln-exit flue gas 02 at 8% to 10%; afterburner temperature of 1,204 degrees C; and afterburner-exit flue gas 02 at 6%. est results suggest that incineration under the conditions tested represents an effective treatment option for both sludges. n air pollution control system more aggressive than that used during the tests (a moderate-pressure-drop venturi scrubber/packed column scrubber) may be warranted for the treatment of one of the two lagoon sludges; particulate emissions at the scrubber exit during incineration of that sludge were high while cadmium and lead collection efficiencies were relatively low.
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PILOT-SCALE INCINERATION OF CONTAMINATED SLUDGES FROM THE BOFORS-NOBEL SUPERFUND SITE