US4881475A
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Method for cleaning up contaminated soil
Assignee: Bv Aannemingsbedrijf Nbm
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Filing: 1988-03-24
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Granted: 1989-11-21
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Expires: 2008-03-24
Abstract
Abstract The invention is a method for cleaning up contaminated soil containing not only different types of hydrocarbons but also heavy metals and cyanades which upon heating of the soil can form dioxin and benzofuran products. According to the invention the production of said products is prevented by keeping the wall temperature of the rotating furnace at a high level such that its temperature during the entire process is higher than the temperature of spontaneous combustion of the pyrolyses products of which at least the hydrocarbons bind the oxygen in the furnace. The oxygen content may be further influenced by the infeed of an inert gas and/or by adding an organic fraction such as humus.
Inventors
- 👤 Laurens C. De Leur
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 07:56
CPC Classifications
B; B09; B09C; B09C1/00; B09C1/06; F; F23; F23G; F23G7/00; F23G7/14; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S241/00; Y10S241/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
Method for cleaning up contaminated soil by means of indirect heating of the soil in a rotating furnace which is sealed with respect to the environment, contaminants released from the soil in said rotating furnace being subsequently combusted in a second furnace at an appreciably higher temperature than the wall temperature of said rotating furnace, the method comprising: maintaining said wall temperature of said rotating furnace above the spontaneous combustion temperature of pyrolysis products which are released from the soil and maintaining said wall temperature sufficiently high to react hydrocarbons released as said pyrolysis products form the soil in said rotating furnace with any oxygen present in said rotating furnace and thereby remove said oxygen from said rotating furnace.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
Method for cleaning up contaminated soil by means of indirect heating of the soil in a rotating furnace which is sealed with respect to the environment, contaminants released from the soil in said rotating furnace being subsequently combusted in a second furnace at an appreciably higher temperature than the wall temperature of said rotating furnace, the method comprising: maintaining said wall temperature of said rotating furnace above the spontaneous combustion temperature of pyrolysis products which are released from the soil and maintaining said wall temperature sufficiently high to react hydrocarbons released as said pyrolysis products form the soil in said rotating furnace with any oxygen present in said rotating furnace and thereby remove said oxygen from said rotating furnace.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
Method according to claim 1 further comprising feeding an inert gas into said rotating furnace to influence the oxygen content in said rotating furnace.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
Method according to claim 1 further comprising adding an organic fraction to the soil to be treated in the rotating furnace to increase the quantity of said pyrolysis products available to bind the oxygen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
Method according to claim 3, wherein the organic fraction consists of humus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
Method according to claim 2 further comprising adding an organic fraction to the soil to be treated in the rotating furnace to increase the quality of said pyrolysis products available to bind the oxygen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
Method according to claim 5, wherein the organic fraction consists of humus.
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