Making Use of Contaminated Soils

by Raymond Czarnecki, Vice Pres.; George Brox, Inc., 1471 Metheun St., Druent, MA 01826,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1988, Vol. 58, Issue 12, Pg. 72-74


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

Using hot-mix asphalt (HMA) is one answer to contaminated soil. HMA plants can be modified to accept some contaminated soil�a boon not only to the generator of the soil but the asphalt producer and to regulators concerned with disposal options. An asphalt was modified in Massachusetts. The process starts with a concrete storage area which will hold the soil. The soil passes over a scalping screen to remove large particles and then heads into a rotating ceramic cylinder inserted between the burner and the dryer. The plant was shown to successfully clean test sands loaded with oil and organic pollutants.

Subject Headings: Soil pollution | Load tests | Concrete | Asphalts | Rotation | Pollutants | Particles

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