Full-Scale Incineration System Demonstration at the Naval Battalion Construction Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Volume 6. Soil Excavation
Abstract
During the third phase of the NCBC Demonstration Project, 1,006 20 by 20-foot plots were excavated from a depth of 3 inches up to as much as 51 inches. The total soil excavated from these plots was approximately 15,000 cu. d. The equipment used in the soil excavation task were a bulldozer, front-end loader, dump truck, asphalt mill (planer), and track hoe. Air monitoring was performed at all times during excavation to minimize the possibility of movement of contaminated dust offsite. Immediately after the excavation of a plot, a bottom-of-hole sample was taken from the plot and shipped to an analytical laboratory for 2,3,7,8-TCDD analysis. As the soil was excavated, it was placed in one of three soil storage tents located near the incinerator. A material handler, using a front-end loader, transferred the soil from the storage tents to the weigh hopper/shredder unit where it was weighed, shredded into small pieces, and dropped onto a covered feed conveyor. The covered conveyor belt carried the soil to the feed hopper where the auger fed the soil into the rotary kiln incinerator. The soil in the rotary kiln was subjected to a minimum temperature of 1,450 F for 20 to 40 minutes to volatilize the organics. At the outlet of the kiln, the burned solids (ash) fell into a water quench tank, while the gases and submicron particulate flowed upward through the cyclones and crossover duct to the Secondary Combustion Chamber.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA252966
Entities
People
- S. W. Deiro