Physical Separation and Acid Leaching: A Demonstration of Small-Arms Range Remediation at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Volume 1.
Abstract
The U.S. Army Environmental Center in partnership with the Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center and the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station demonstrated Physical Separation/Leaching methods for the remediation of small arms range soils. The demonstration occurred at Fort Polk, Louisiana. After conducting a world-wide search, two vendors were selected to demonstrate two variations of the physical separation/leaching technologies. The first using a process based on acetic (weak) acid chemistry and the second based on hydrochloric (strong) acid chemistry. Following completion of the bench treatability studies, each vendor performed a full scale (5-10 tons per hour, 1000 tons total) demonstration of their respective technologies. Volume 1 of the Technology Evaluation Report provides a comprehensive description and evaluation of the physical separation/acid leaching technology demonstrated at Fort Polk. Topics covered include: (1) the equipment and processes necessary to accomplish physical separation/acid leaching, (2) the demonstration site and berm soil characteristics, (3) the performance objectives and approach, (4) each vendor's process plant used in the demonstration, (5) the methodology used to evaluate the technologies during the demonstration,and (6) the demonstration results to include: effectiveness, implementability, and cost. Volume 2 contains the appendices to Volume 1.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 22, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA340521
Entities
Organizations
- Battelle Memorial Institute