Technology Transfer Report: Production Base Catalyzed Decomposition Process Guam, Mariana Islands

Abstract

The first product base catalyzed decomposition process (BCDP) operated successfully on Guam April 1996 to June 1997. The unit treated 11,700 tons of soil at PCB levels over 2,000 ppm to below 0.05 ppm at rates up to 2 tons per hour. A novel air control system produces a stack gas cleaner that required by hazardous waste incinerators. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center managed the development of the unit for the Navy's Pacific Division from the laboratory to a full production system over an 8-year period. Conventional remediation on Guam would have required that the contaminated material be placed in drums and shipped over 6,000 miles to a mainland disposal facility - a very expensive procedure. In finding a solution to this problem, the Navy created a remediation system that is cost-effective on the mainland as well as Guam, and environmentally safe to operate,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA335956

Entities

People

  • D. B. Chan
  • F. Q. Crisostomo
  • J. L. Fukumoto
  • S. D. Benoit
  • W. E. Gallagher

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Air Pollution Control Systems
  • Alkanes
  • Calcium Compounds
  • Feed Water
  • Flue Gases
  • Gases
  • Health Services
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Liquids
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Safety Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Cognitive Aging in the Guam and Border Populations Affected by Alzheimer's Disease and Tau-Associated Dementias.