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Main Title EPA SITE Demonstration of the BioTrol Soil Washing Process.
Author Stinson, M. K. ; Skovronek, H. S. ; Ellis, W. D. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab. ;Science Applications International Corp., Paramus, NJ.
Publisher c1992
Year Published 1992
Report Number EPA/600/J-92/051;
Stock Number PB92-150655
Additional Subjects Biological industrial waste treatment ; Soils ; Land pollution ; Wood preservatives ; Aerobic processes ; Soil contamination ; Waste water ; Water pollution control ; Field tests ; Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons ; Cost analysis ; Reprints ; BioTrol aqueous treatment system ; BioTrol soil washers ; Slurry bio-reactors ; Superfund ; SITE program ; Phenol/pentachloro
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NTIS  PB92-150655 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A pilot-scale soil washing process, patented by BioTrol, was demonstrated on soil that was contaminated by wood treating waste. The BioTrol Soil Washing was demonstrated in a treatment train sequence with two other pilot-scale units of BioTrol technologies for treatment of waste streams from the soil washer. The three technologies of the treatment train were: The BioTrol Soil Washer (BSW), the BioTrol Aqueous Treatment System (BATS), and the Slurry Bioreactor (SBR). The BioTrol processes were evaluated on pentachlorophenol (PCP) and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which were the primary soil contaminants at the site. The sandy site soil, consisting of less than 10% of fines, was well suited for treatment by soil washing. The BSW successfully separated the feed soil (100% by weight) into 83% of washed soil, 10% of woody residues, and 7% of fines. The soil washer achieved up to 89% removal of PCP and PAHs, based on the difference between their levels in the feed soil and in the washed soil. The BATS degraded up to 94% of PCP in the process water from soil washing. The SBR achieved over 90% removals of PCP and 70-90% removals of PAHs, respectively from the soil washing. Cost of a commercial-scale soil washing, assuming use of all three technologies, was estimated to be $168 per ton of treated soil.