Committee Chair

Cunningham, James

Committee Member

Jones, Michael; Kazemersky, Phil; Mawata, Chris

Department

Dept. of Chemical Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Many facilities involved in the production of munitions, or with a history of munitions production or storage, are faced with the remediation of residual explosives in soil, groundwater and process wastewater. This requirement has become particularly prevalent with the closing of many military installations across the country. The Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant (V AAP) is a 6,681 acre Government owned and contractor-operated facility for the production and storage of trinitrotoluene (TNT). Two (2) technologies were investigated for TNT (nitroaromatic explosive) contaminated soils remediation. The technologies are phytoremediation and thermal incineration. Phytoremediation is an in-site wetlands-type remediation which uses plants. Thermal incineration (mobile) treatment achieves complete destruction of the organic portion of the contaminated soil using heat. After evaluation of both phytoremediation and thermal incineration (mobile), thermal incineration was chosen as the optimum remedial technology for TNT contaminated soils remediation at the V AAP Facility. The evaluation of the technologies include but is not limited to: the following regulatory requirements, technology and design parameters for remedial activities at V AAP, costs and environmental impact. An International Technology Corporation countercurrent rotary kiln incineration is recommended for soils at the V AAP facility with a total remedial cost of approximately $12,822,000. The Technology Background, Technology Applications, Technology for Soils Remediation, Remedial Design and Enviro-Economic Analyses are outlined and detailed in Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, and Five, respectively.

Acknowledgments

There are many people to whom I am thankful for making my time at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga rewarding. I am particularly thankful to my Dissertation Committee, Doctors James Cunningham, Michael Jones, Phil Kazemersky and Chris Mawata for their support, suggestions, and encourgement.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

5-1997

Subject

Soil remediation; Soil pollution; TNT (Chemical); Explosives, Military--Safety regulations

Discipline

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

vii, 38 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.2 .H675 1997

Rights

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