Thermal treatment of a contaminated volume of material

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9259770
APP PUB NO 20120288332A1
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13454426

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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).

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CHEVRON U S A INCP O BOX 6006 SAN RAMON CA 94583-0806

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Peargin, Thomas El Cerrito, US 1 12
Thomas, David Glynn Wembley Downs, AU 15 82

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