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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191714 | Shaft seal for a pyrolytic waste treatment system The inventive subject matter is directed toward a pyrolytic waste treatment system comprising a pyrolysis chamber having a chamber wall with a hole through which a shaft passes. An insulating mechanism is used at the hole to inhibit heat from escaping through the op... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6620092 | Process and apparatus for vitrification of hazardous waste materials A process for vitrifying waste material containing environmentally hazardous metals or metal compounds includes drying a waste material using a flash dryer, where the drying is carried out at a temperature low enough to prevent volatilization of hazardous... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6416251 | Process for the stabilization of soluble chromium contaminated solid by down draft sintering The invention relates to a process for the stabilisation of soluble chromium in contaminated solids by down draft sintering by mixing chromium contaminated solids with different proportions of CaO, MgO, Al2 O3, SiO2, SO | 07/09/2002 |
| 5873675 | Method for hazardous waste vitrification Apparatus (10) and a method for vitrifying hazardous waste includes a melting vessel (12) in which hazardous waste and any other necessary components for forming a glassy mixture upon heating are introduced for heating by a heater (38), and a metallic con... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5711635 | Apparatus for hazardous waste vitrification Apparatus (10) and a method for vitrifying hazardous waste includes a melting vessel (12) in which hazardous waste and any other necessary components for forming a glassy mixture upon heating are introduced for heating by a heater (38), and a metallic con... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5562363 | Apparatus for vitrifying hazardous waste Apparatus (10) and a method for vitrifying hazardous waste includes a melting vessel (12) in which a stirrer (38) mixes hazardous waste and any other necessary components for forming a glassy mixture upon heating while an electrical current is applied acr... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5536114 | Apparatus for vitrifcation of hazardous waste Apparatus (10) and a method for vitrifying hazardous waste includes a melting vessel (12) in which hazardous waste and any other necessary components for forming a glassy mixture upon heating are introduced for heating by a heater (38), and a metallic con... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5378083 | Dust recycling for soil remediation system A soil remediation system uses heat from remediated soil to vaporize volatiles from contaminated dust without pollution. Preferably, this remediation takes place in a dust remediator which is located proximate a primary treatment unit for contaminated soi... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5340236 | Burn chamber for use in a system for heated air extraction of contaminants from a soil stack A burn chamber for a recirculating system for remediation of contaminated soil, the burn chamber including a burn chamber housing, the housing having an inlet (152) and an opposing outlet (164). Contaminate-containing vapors moving into the interior of th... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5304708 | Alloying metal hydroxide sludge waste into a glass material A method for chemically stabilizing a hydroxide sludge waste material (10) having at least one contaminant is provided. The method of the present invention involves combining one or more oxides formed from each contaminants (11) contained within the hydro... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5275507 | Soil decontamination method A method of processing contaminated soil whereby the soil in the form of feed stock is heated in a combustion chamber of a processor with the hydrocarbons being evacuated to a condensing system resulting in a petroleum product while the soil feed stock is... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5265977 | Method and apparatus for treating contaminated soil A method and apparatus for treating soil contaminated with hydrocarbons by breaking up the soil into discretes and passing the particles through an open flame to cause the volatile substances in them to vaporize and burn. The apparatus is preferably porta... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5242245 | Method and apparatus for vacuum enhanced thermal desorption of hydrocarbon and other contaminants from soils A method and apparatus for recovering hydrocarbons from soils which includes introducing the soil material to be treated through a vacuum seal and into a thermal processor which is operated under reduced pressure. The processor includes a centralized heat... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5213445 | System for heated air extraction of contaminants from soil stack The recirculating system includes a soil stack (10), which is formed by sequential layers of contaminated soil from a site and hot air pipes (22, 26, 32, 34). A plurality of vapor collection pipes (40, 46) is laid over the top of the stack, with a sealing... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5193935 | Soil decontamination apparatus and methods of decontaminating soil A soil decontamination apparatus is based on a heating operation performed on soil to be contaminated to vaporize and burn off hydrocarbons. The soil is fed into a drum drier at a constant rate which is related to the moisture contents in the soil and the... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5161326 | Method and apparatus for treating contaminated soil A method and apparatus for treating soil contaminated with hydrocarbons by breaking up the soil into discrete particles and passing the particles through an open flame to cause the volatile substances in them to vaporize and burn. The apparatus is prefera... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5051030 | Chemical detoxification process for treatment of soils contaminated with halogenated organic compounds A method of detoxifying a component of contaminated soil containing a halogenated organic compound including contacting the contaminated soil with atomic hydrogen in an amount effective to react with halogen contained in the compound and substituting the ... | 09/24/1991 |
