Abstract:
The noxious element arsenic may be removed with high efficiency from iron hydroxide sludge by first subjecting that sludge first to a thermal treatment in the presence of air or oxygen and of an alkaline reagent and next extracting the treated material with water. The arsenic present in the extract is thereupon adsorbed to an anion exchanger, eluted with an alkaline aqueous liquid and precipitated in salt form from it. The residual sludge is better suitable for re-use or for another useful application. The method may also be used for removing other amphoteric elements such as P, Cr, Al, Mn, Zn and the like and is not only applicable to iron hydroxide sludge but also to other sludge types and several types of solid waste materials.
Abstract:
In a process for thermal treatment of contaminated bulk materials in a calcination step in order to dispose of or remove toxic comonents, the gases containing the toxic substances which are evolved during the calcination step are evacuated to atmosphere after a final purification step. The invention also concerns a device for implementing the process. The calcination of contaminated bulk materials is carried out in an indirectly and/or directly heated and in particular continuously operated vertical shaft oven (3).
Abstract:
A method of disposing various kinds of waste, wherein not less than three kinds of reused and recycled products including products used for melting and casting iron, steel and nonferrous metals are manufactured from waste in one waste disposing plant having at least three kinds of equipment including an incinerator. Regarding the waste having the possibility of generating an offensive odor, a deodorizing neutralizer is used in some or all of the steps; an offensive odor originating step, an intermediate disposing step, a transportation step and a primary disposing step.
Abstract:
A product disposal system which determines and outputs an appropriate and suitable disposal procedure according to the state of a waste product so that pollution due to disposal of toxic matters is prevented. The product disposal system in which the information required for the waste-product separation procedure is added to a waste product, a desired disposal method for the waste product is selected, and the waste product is processed in a disposal factory comprises means (1) for reading out the information added to the waste product, means (3) for storing the database of the required information, disposal procedure determining means (4), disposal sequence changing means (6) and sensing means (7) for sensing whether the disposal can be progressed in procedure.
Abstract:
A method for facilitating the discrimination between used and unused gas generators for air bags removed from used cars during car scrapping, which comprises the steps of: a) crashing the used cars each equipped with a gas generator having on its surface a material which discolors according to the surface temperature of the generator when it is put in action and separating the generators; and b) discriminating between the separated gas generators whose surfaces are discolored and those whose surfaces are not discolored.
Abstract:
An advancing freeze front is established in a porous region (16) adjacent to or within contaminated earth (12). A flow of contaminated liquid phase water migrates toward the freeze front and a concentration of impurities is established in front of the advancing freeze front. When the freeze front reaches a collection zone, at least a portion is melted and the resultant water bearing concentrated impurities is collected and removed. This process may be repetitively performed.
Abstract:
Environmentally harmful waste is hard to handle and the capacity for an economical handling is not sufficient. According to the invention such waste can now be worked up to a full worth fuel which can replace conventional fuels, which can be stored and has a specific composition and which gives little harmful air pollution, and a solid residue which can be deposited cheap and safe. According to the invention the waste is fractionated in centrifuges or cyclones (5, 10) into a solid part, in which the main part of the heavy metals in the waste are enriched and a liquid part containing oils, solvents and dissolved substances. The solid part containing plastics, pigments, insoluble oil residues, organometallic compounds, etc. is mixed, after drying (12) and optional grinding with other wastes, such as Cefyll with which it can form a very sparingly soluble, monolithic compound and be deposited. The liquid part is used as a fuel.
Abstract:
Process and device for treating contaminated soil and similar materials by the removal, decontamination and possible refilling of the place concerned with cleansed soil. The soil removed is dried and crushed in a mill (2, 29, 57) through which passes a stream of hot gases, and the solid-gas mixture thus formed is taken to a cyclone separator (4, 31, 58) and separated there into gaseous and solid components. The solids are heat treated at high temperature (6, 32, 60) in an initial decontamination process. Following a further separation of the solid and gaseous phases in a further cyclone (8, 34, 62), the solids which are still at least partly contaminated are taken to an intermediate storage area (9, 35, 63) in the form of a transit region and further treated there at temperatures essentially corresponding to the decontamination temperature. The exhaust gases from the drying of the crushed material are after-burnt (16, 42, 75) and, for energy-saving reasons, at least partly re-used in the decontamination process.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for decontaminating ground areas where toxic chemicals are buried comprises disposition of a plurality of spaced electrodes (13, 14, 21, 22) in the ground to be treated and application of a voltage across the electrodes for bringing about current flow through the ground. Power delivered to the ground volatilizes the chemicals which are collected and directed to a gas treatment system. The preferred form of the invention employs high voltage arc discharge between the electrodes for heating a ground region to relatively high temperatures at relatively low power levels.