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6. Conclusion
Conventional thermal desorption is a robust technology which to date has been used to treat several tens of millions of tonnes of soil impacted, mainly by organic pollutants. It enables soil to be completely decontaminated and, in some cases, even reused for revegetation. In this respect, conventional thermal desorption is a land recycling technique.
While its main advantages are its high treatment capacity, processing speed and certainty of results, its main drawbacks are its high cost due to high energy consumption, and the need to excavate land. The technology is also unsuitable for treating heavy metals.
Since its launch in the late 1980s in the United States, conventional thermal desorption technology has evolved technically to keep pace with increasingly stringent emissions standards. It has also inspired new forms of thermal desorption...
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Bibliography
Software tools
PROGEPI January 2017, Cyclone 2.0 software, PROGEPI, 1 rue Grandville, 54000 Nancy, France
Auditsite – Spaque
Websites
BRGM-ADEME Interactive tool for pre-selecting pollution control techniques
USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency): implementation of thermal desorption
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Events
AquaConSoil, Sustainable Use and Management of Soil, Sediment and Water Resources, is held every two years (odd-numbered years).
Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, held every two years (even-numbered years) in California
Standards and norms
- Soil quality – Services relating to polluted sites Part 4: requirements for remediation services. - NF X31-620-4 - (2011)
- Soil quality. Sustainable remediation. - ISO/DIS 18504 - (2017)
Regulations
Code de l'environnement (version consolidée au 1 er janvier 2018).
Loi n° 2010-788 du 12 juillet 2010 portant engagement national pour l'environnement (consolidated version as of February 23, 2018).
Law no. 2014-366 of March 24, 2014 for access to housing and renovated urban planning.
Patents
Remediation of mercury contaminated soil – Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. – Harold J. Vinegar, George Leo Stegemeier – 24-10-01 EP1446239B1.
Method and system for cleaning a soil containing contaminants – D2G – Jan Haemers, Harry Zwaan, John Barbay, Ugo Falcinelli – 11-06-04 EP1604749B1.
Thermally enhanced soil decontamination method – Shell Internationale Research....
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Thermal technologies for soil decontamination
Haemers Technologies Group
http://haemers-technologies.com
GRS Valtech
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