FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF INCINERATOR SYSTEMS FOR RESTORATION OF OIL CONTAMINATED BEACHES

The feasibility of employing a combustion effect for restoring oil contaminated beaches was investigated. Beach access problems and the handling characteristics of shore materials limited the potential application to recreation ( sand ) sites. Thermodynamic arguments required that a system design be adopted in which the contaminated sand would undergo combustive processing in a confined arrangement. The design selected, from those analyzed, proved to be a three-effect combustor based on the rotary kiln principle. Provided that the sand to be cleaned is carefully enough collected to furnish a reasonable ( less than 6% ) oil content and is moved away from the surf and drained to an acceptable moisture level ( more than 6% ) processing costs would be highly attractive. In comparison with uncontaminated sand, the cleaned product exhibits only a slightly greyish hue. ( Contract 14-12-595 )

• Corporate Authors:

  Envirogenics Company

  Division of Aerojet-General Corporation
  El Monte, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Roberts, R M
  • Hoyt, T S
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beaches; Cleaning; Incinerators; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills
• Old TRIS Terms: Beach cleaning
• Subject Areas: Environment; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019656
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 1 1974 12:00AM