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Patent No.:

US 9259770 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2012

Thermal treatment of a contaminated volume of material

Applicants:

David Glynn Thomas, Wembley Downs, AU;

Thomas Peargin, El Cerrito, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Glynn Thomas, Wembley Downs, AU;

Thomas Peargin, El Cerrito, CA (US);

Assignee:

Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Frank C. Turner

Carlos L. Hanze

Primary Examiner:

Sean Andrish

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09C 1/06 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2006.01); F23C 99/00 (2006.01); F23G 5/34 (2006.01); F23G 5/50 (2006.01); F23G 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B 3/0083 (2013.01); B09C 1/06 (2013.01); F23C 99/006 (2013.01); F23G 5/34 (2013.01); F23G 5/50 (2013.01); F23G 7/14 (2013.01); F23G 2202/101 (2013.01); F23G 2207/20 (2013.01); F23G 2207/30 (2013.01); F23G 2900/7005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for remediating porous contaminated material. In the method, fuel material is combined with the contaminated material and a smoldering combustion process is initiated in the contaminated material to remediate the contaminated material. Control systems are provided to control the smoldering combustion process. The contaminated material may include oily waste, asbestos fibers, and/or at least one of a chlorinated solvent, a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), a dioxin, a furan and a polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH).

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thomas, David. (2016). Thermal treatment of a contaminated volume of material (U.S. Patent No. 9259770). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9259770

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