RCRA Trial Burn Tests, Tooele Army Depot Deactivation Furnace, 9-31 August 1993
Abstract
The test objectives were to determine if the deactivation furnace met the performance standards for hazardous waste incinerators (HWIs), and to establish operational limits required for a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Part B Permit for the furnace. The waste feed mixtures were unique to these tests. The selection of these mixtures was used to provide adequate simulation of a broad range of munitions and propellants which would be incinerated in the deactivation furnace. The deactivation furnace met the performance standards for particulate and principal organic hazardous constituents except the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of hexachlorobenzene (HCB). One of the three HCB runs failed to meet the required 99.99 percent DRE. The corrected carbon monoxide (CO) 1-hour rolling average for all tests conducted was below the Tier I limit of 100 ppm. The chromium (Cr) emissions exceeded the Tier II metals emission limit for all metals runs. The lead (Pb) emissions exceeded the Tier II metals emission limit for nine of the eleven metals runs. The cadmium (Cd) emissions exceeded the Tier II metals emission limit for one of the eleven metals runs. The upgraded deactivation furnace at TEAD is the first DESCOM installation furnace which has been tested under the present standards. Upgraded furnace systems at two other Army Ammunition Plant sites have been tested under these same standards, one at Lake City AAP and the other at Iowa AAP. However, the waste feed at those sites was site specific. Thus the results of these tests cannot be directly correlated to the TEAD furnace tests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA507258
Entities
People
- J. R. Miller
- Richard H. Anderson