Method of contaminated soil remediation and apparatus therefor
CA 1314403 C · Owner: Canonie Environmental Services Corp. · Inventors: Isley, John P.; Bell, Brian M.; Gerken, Steven L.
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A method and apparatus for on-site remedial soil restoration activity of a work site contaminated with volatile organic compounds. Soil is removed from the ground and hauled to an initial feed hopper whereat it is conveyed to an inlet end of a hollow rotating cylinder having plural flights therein for effecting a moving of the contaminated soil lengthwise of the rotating cylinder toward an outlet end. The soil is heated as it tumbles about in the cylinder and the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are volatilized inside the rotating cylinder. The hot gases drawn from the cylinder are filtered for the purpose of removing dry soil fines. The soil exiting the outlet end of the cylinder is …
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- Granted March 16, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 16, 2010.
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