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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
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:
Primary Examiner:
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).