Abstract:
A method of encapsulating waste material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: - forming a first mixture of the waste material and a solvent; vibrating the first mixture to encourage the breakdown of agglomerates of the waste material; introducing a particulate material to the first mixture to produce a second mixture; and - extracting the solvent.
Abstract:
A grouting material which is self-dispersing when brought into contact with a volume of water containing liquor or slurry and is settable to a solid mass after such dispersion, the material comprising a composition, composition X, which comprises a blend of: Component (A): a cementive constituent forming from 10 per cent to 95 per cent by weight of the composition; component (B): a disintegrating mechanism promoting constituent forming from 2 per cent to 75 per cent by weight of the composition; component (C): an optimal swelling constituent which forms from 0 per cent to 50 per cent by weight of the composition; component (D): a binder constituent which forms from 0.1 per cent to 10 per cent by weight of the composition; the percentages of components A, B, C and D adding to 100 per cent.
Abstract:
There is provided a method for the ecologically safe disposal of lead-contaminated hazardous industrial wastes (such, as for example, those generated as discardable by-products in primary and secondary lead smelting operations, especially, blast furnace slags and matte), which comprises reducing the size of the lead-contaminated industrial wastes and treating them, prior to encapsulation in a hardenable material, with the naturally occuring zeolite, clinoptilolite, in an amount sufficient to prevent lead ions (Pb ) from leaching out of such industrial wastes, through exposure to the action of atmospheric agents (e.g., hot air and rain, or as a result of cyclical freezing and thawing in temperature climates), even over an extended period of time.
Abstract:
A method for definitively solidifying and storing contaminated earth which has been used to purify lubrication oils from machines in nuclear power stations, e.g. primary circuit pumps. The method comprises cementing the contaminated earth and plasticizing the oils contained therein with a preferably polybicycloheptene-based plasticizer. The method is useful for the storage of contaminated oleaginous earth.
Abstract:
A process for solidifying organic waste in cement for transport and storage in solid form comprises the steps of dispersing the organic waste in water containing a cationic amine as an emulsifier, mixing the resulting emulsion with cement without breaking the emulsion, casting the resulting mixture in a form and allowing it to solidify, and storing the solidified form in a waste disposal site. In a preferred embodiment of the process, a particulate material with a negative surface charge is included in the mixture of cement and emulsion to neutralize positive charges on the cationic emulsifier and the cement. An alcohol or glycol may be included in the emulsion to enhance the holding power and the integrity of the structure of the emulsion by controlling size and uniformity of emulsion particle size. The process is applicable to organic wastes such as waste oils, halogenated solvents, non-halogenated solvents, pesticides, herbicides, liquids and sludges containing heavy metals, and radioactive mixed wastes.
Abstract:
A cement composition based on a sulfoaluminate clinker is described, together with its use for agglomerating and inerting sediment /dredging sludge, and the relative inerting method and apparatus.
Abstract:
Sludges and slurries (e.g. oil, grease or paint based) are encapsulated into Fly Ash or similar particulate material by adding solvents to effect the encapsulation and absorption of the sludge. Subsequently, the particulate material is heated to remove the solvent, leaving a dry powder which may then be used as a filler for various applications, production of breeze blocks.
Abstract:
The present invention describes a filter medium and a method of filtering metals from liquids, such as waste water, in which the metals are filtered from the liquids and are chemically fixed in the resulting filter cake in a nonhazardous and nontoxic form so that they may be disposed of in nonhazardous landfills. When all or a portion of the metals are dissolved, they are first precipitated and then filtered and chemically fixed.
Abstract:
A process for solidifying industrial waste with cement, which comprises mixing industrial waste with cement that is substantially non-shrinking or swelling in volume change upon curing, and curing the cement to form a solidified waste. Hydrophilic substances may further be added to the cement for curing. This process enables formation of dense solidifed waste having small voids such as capillary voids, thus minimizing the exudation of harmful substances. In addition, since no shrinkage takes place upon curing, no tensile stress is generated in the cement surrounding fine particles of the waste, and hence reduction in solid waste strength is markedly depressed. This serves to increase the amount of waste to be packed. Previous addition of hydrophilic substances serves to keep fluidity of the cement before curing even when water is completely absorbed by water-absorptive waste, thus being extremely advantageous in conducting curing work.
Abstract:
Harmful solid waste containing harmful pollutants such as heavy metals, harmful organic pollutants and the like is added and mixed with lipids and cement-based solidifying agent consisting essentially of hydraulic cement to be solidified, thereby effectively preventing the elution of the harmful pollutants.