WO2001028702A1 - Traitement des sediments de riviere contamines dans un four de verrerie - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B09—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
- B09C—RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
- B09C1/00—Reclamation of contaminated soil
- B09C1/06—Reclamation of contaminated soil thermally
- B09C1/067—Reclamation of contaminated soil thermally by vitrification
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B09—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE; RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
- B09B—DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
- B09B3/00—Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
- B09B3/20—Agglomeration, binding or encapsulation of solid waste
- B09B3/25—Agglomeration, binding or encapsulation of solid waste using mineral binders or matrix
- B09B3/29—Agglomeration, binding or encapsulation of solid waste using mineral binders or matrix involving a melting or softening step
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B1/00—Preparing the batches
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- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B19/00—Other methods of shaping glass
- C03B19/10—Forming beads
- C03B19/109—Glass-melting furnaces specially adapted for making beads
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- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B5/00—Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture
- C03B5/005—Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture of glass-forming waste materials
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- the present invention generally relates to the treatment of contaminated sediment, and more particularly to a method and a reactor system for melting contaminated dredged sediment to eliminate hazardous organic substances and to convert the contaminated sediment into a low leaching glass product.
- Dredged river sediment contaminated with poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, solvents, tars, fuels, and oils poses serious environmental problems, even at low levels of contamination.
- PCBs poly-chlorinated biphenyls
- these methods do have disadvantages.
- one drawback of remediation methods employing landfilling is that toxic agents are never destroyed, only contained, and therefore, the toxic agents remain a possible threat for a long period of time due to potential leakage.
- Incineration methods also have disadvantages.
- several types of incineration processes do not achieve an operating temperature sufficient to achieve the level of destruction needed to assure that toxic air emissions are eliminated.
- An additional concern with incineration processes is that the solid material generated from the incineration process may suffer from high degrees of variability which results in a material having no significant commercial market. Without significant commercial markets available for the material, the material must ultimately be disposed of in a landfill.
- U.S. Patent Nos. 5,803,894 and 5,855,666 disclose methods of thermochemically transforming contaminated sediment and soils into amorphous silicate materials that may be used in blended cements; and U.S. Patent No. 5,795,285 discloses a system for treating contaminated sediment wherein the sediment is melted in a plasma melter to form a glassy molten mass that is cooled to form a low- leachability product suitable for use as road fill or roofing granules.
- the remediation methods disclosed in these patents and other similar known methods do have disadvantages. For instance, these methods do not incorporate a drying step prior to melting the contaminated sediment.
- direct melting of the river sediments can be used in order to treat the contaminated material.
- This direct melting process can be distinguished from known incineration processes in that the direct melting process can be performed in the absence of, or in the presence of extremely low concentrations of, combustible material.
- the direct melting process or vitrification process of the present invention involves the heating of contaminated river sediment material to a temperature above 2200°F (1204°C) in which the sediment material becomes a liquid or molten mass. The liquid or molten mass can be water quenched or further processed to make products having commercial applications.
- a glass furnace is used to melt contaminated river sediment into a molten mass which is cooled into a glassy product.
- Hazardous organic compounds contained in the contaminated river sediment are destroyed at the high temperatures attained in the glass furnace, and any trace metals in the contaminated river sediment are stabilized on the vitrified glass matrix, so that they cannot leach into the ground water.
- the contaminated river sediment is dried prior to being fed into the glass furnace in order to reduce the energy requirement and furnace size.
- the reduced furnace size reduces the initial capital costs of the system.
- the river sediment drying can be performed using an indirect type of dryer to minimize the amount of energy needed and to minimize the resulting effluent from the dryer off gas.
- the contaminated river sediment is blended with other additives before being fed into the glass furnace.
- river sediment inorganic mineral chemistry is highly variable. Variable factors include local geology, sediment particle size characteristics, river speed, and other factors. Sand, clays, limestone, shale, and other materials are the primary constituents of the river sediment. In many cases, the contaminant of environmental concern is of such a small concentration, it has little or no influence whatsoever on the process of drying and/or vitrification. Since the ratio of sand, clay, and limestone can vary from river to river, in river depth, and along river width, the present invention includes a system that allows for testing and batching to provide for a consistent finished product that considers final markets, glass furnace life, and fuel usage. By testing the contaminated river sediment and blending the river sediment with additives in a batch operation, problems associated with excessive melting temperatures, increased gas use, and increased furnace refractory wear can be avoided.
- Figure 1 A is a schematic flow diagram showing a process in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention
- Figure 1 B is a schematic flow diagram showing a process in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic drawing showing various components of a reactor system in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 1 A there is shown a schematic flow diagram of a process in accordance with the invention.
- Incoming contaminated sediment and/or soil such as sediment dredged from a river, is mechanically dewatered by a centrifuge, filter or the like.
- the dewatered river sediment is then dried in a suitable dryer system to substantially reduce the moisture content of the contaminated sediment.
- the dried sediment is then tumbled or mixed in order to obtain a homogeneous batch of dried sediment.
- a suitable mixing system is a rotary batch mixer.
- samples are obtained from the batch of homogeneous dried sediment and the samples are subjected to physical and chemical analyses to determine the mineral proportions and the total organic compound content of the samples to enable selection of the type and quantities of additives needed for both final product requirements and good furnace operation.
- Additives such as silica sand, limestone, dolomite, soda ash, cullet, ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate, mixtures thereof, and other materials, are then added to the batch of homogeneous dried river sediment in order to meet the target chemistry determined in the preceding physical and chemical analyses.
- the batch of homogeneous dried sediment and any additives are then mixed into a homogeneous feed material.
- the feed material is then fed into a furnace where the material is heated at a temperature in the range of 2200°F (1204°C) to 2700°F (1482°C) to transform the material into a molten mass. Any organic compounds contained in the feed material are destroyed in the heating process.
- the molten mass may then be processed in a variety of alternative steps.
- the molten mass is drained from the furnace into a water bath to quench the molten material and thereby form a glass frit.
- the glass frit is then recovered from the water bath.
- the glass frit recovered from the process can be used for various applications including but not limited to construction fill sand, air-blast abrasives, additives to roofing materials, and the like.
- Figure 1B the molten mass is drawn to form glass fibers, mineral wool, or other useful articles or materials.
- FIG. 2 there is shown a schematic drawing depicting various components of a reactor system 30 in accordance with the present invention.
- Mechanically dewatered river sediments containing contaminants, such as PCBs or dioxins, are loaded into a dryer 3.
- the dryer 3 reduces the moisture content of the river sediments to form a dried material having less than 10% moisture on a weight basis.
- waste heat from the furnace (described below) may be used in the dryer 3.
- the dried material then exits the dryer 3 and is transported into a batch silo 4 for temporary storage.
- the dried material may be transported from the dryer 3 to the batch silo 4 by way of a conduit or may manually transferred to the batch silo 4.
- the dried material is then fed out of the batch silo 4 (manually or by way of automated material handling equipment) into a weighing device 4A to measure the weight of the portion of dried material to be processed further in the reactor system.
- the weighed portion of dried material is then transferred (manually or by way of automated material handling equipment) into a batch mixer 8.
- the dried material is tumbled in the batch mixer 8 until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
- the batch mixer 8 is either a rotary drum type or a pan type mixer. A representative sample of the tumbled dried material is obtained
- Additive silos are provided for storage and delivery of various additives to the tumbled dried material contained in the batch mixer 8.
- the additive silos 5,6,7 may contain materials such as silica sand, soda ash, dolomite, limestone, or other raw materials necessary to achieve the correct mineral chemistry.
- one of the additive silos preferably contains an oxidizing agent, such as ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate, that serves to counter the effects of organic materials and prevent the melting furnace (described below) from operating in a reducing atmosphere.
- Automated measurement and feeding equipment indicated at 5A, 6A and 7A, is associated with each additive silo 5,6,7 and is used to measure the prescribed amount of each additive and feed the weighed additive into the batch mixer 8.
- the batch mixer 8 is mounted on a conveying apparatus that serves to move the batch mixer 8 under the automated measurement and feeding equipment, 5A,6A,7A, associated with each additive silo 5,6,7 so that each additive may be charged into the batch mixer 8. The dried material and all additives are then tumbled in batch mixer 8 until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
- the mixed batch of dried material and additives in the batch mixer 8 is then introduced (manually or by way of automated material handling equipment) into a feed hopper 1 1.
- the feed hopper 11 continuously or intermittently feeds the mixed dried material and additives into a glass furnace 12 where the dried material and additives are heated to temperatures sufficient to transform the dried material and additives in a molten mass.
- One type of glass furnace 12 suitable for use in the reactor system 30 is a glass furnace that is used for the production of soda lime glass and is typically used for melting container and window glass.
- the glass furnace 12 can be provided with a number of measures to improve fuel efficiency.
- Three preferred forms of the furnace are the recuperative, regenerative, and oxygen fired furnace.
- the recuperative furnace uses a heat exchanger to continuously exchange heat from the hot exhaust gas of the furnace to the cool combustion supply air for the furnace.
- the recovered heat reduces the amount of fuel needed to transform the dried materials and additive to a molten mass.
- the regenerative type furnace consists of two chambers constructed from refractory brick. The brick is stacked in such a way to allow air or gas to pass through the brick. The combustion air and hot exhaust gas flows are reversed periodically to allow cold combustion air to pass alternately through each chamber. This also reduces the amount of fuel needed to transform the dried materials and additive to a molten mass.
- the oxygen fired furnace uses enriched oxygen rather than air as the source of oxygen for combustion of the fuel. This results in a reduced amount of exhaust gas flow and reduced amount of exhaust heat losses from the furnace. Oxides of nitrogen in the exhaust gas are also significantly reduced by oxygen/fuel firing and heat transfer to the molten mass of dried materials and additives is significantly increased.
- the reactor system 30 shown in Figure 2 uses an oxygen fired furnace. Gaseous fuel is introduced through conduit 17 to an oxy-fuel burner 19. Oxygen provided through conduit 18 combines in oxy-fuel burner 19 with the fuel gas. The design of the oxy-fuel burner 19 (or multiple burners if desired) is configured to provide the correct heating profile and operating temperatures. Exhaust gases are vented out of the furnace 12 through exhaust stack 20.
- the molten mass created from the dried materials and additives flows from one end of the glass furnace 12 to the other end.
- the molten mass may then be processed in a variety of glass forming equipment.
- the molten mass is drained from the furnace 12 through holes 13 into a water tank 15 and is quenched in a water bath 14.
- the molten material fractures into a granular frit glass, which is removed from the quench tank through an outlet port 16 in the water tank 15.
- the water tank 15 is replaced by equipment capable of forming insulating fibers or other useful glass articles.
- the apparatus and process of manufacturing such fibers or articles is an established art.
- the present invention provides a method and a reactor system that destroy hazardous organic compounds in contaminated river sediment and soils and that allow for the production of a commercially marketable glass product having a predetermined target chemistry.
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