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Former Steel and Coking Factory Reconversion for 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, China

Former large industrial sites are often subject to closure or relocation, especially when situated in urban areas. It was the case of a major former steel and coking factory, covering an area of 8.63 km², located in the west of Beijing (China), for which the industrial activity was stopped in 2006. These types of sites present a big issue in terms of ground pollution, due to the industrial activity, and therefore space reconversion. In this case, the former industrial [...]

Case Study For The In-Situ Treatment Of Unsaturated Soils At Gela’s Refinery (Italy)

By K. PACELLA, H. SAADAOUI, J. HAEMERS. HAEMERS Technologies © G. CACCAMO, A. BARABESI. Simam S.p.A., Servizi Industriali Manageriali Ambientali, Senigallia, Icaro Ecology S.p.A. The site interested by the remediation process through the application of the In-Situ Thermal Desorption technology, located inside the Refinery of Gela (ENI Group), consists of former discharge for oil residues deposited in the past. The contaminants are light and heavy hydrocarbons, benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated compounds and mercury. The treatment area is divided into 24 batches: [...]

In Situ Thermal Desorption under a building, in the center of Brussels

Nowadays, urban soil is a natural ressource to preserve. Indeed, the fast urbanization of the recent years led to considerable consequences in terms of space and energy consumption as well as water and soil pollution. At the present time, urban areas contain many contaminated sites. Two main issues can be identified which would need to be addressed through further reflection: first, the space consumption. Polluted areas in the centre of the cities are a waste of space. The clean-up of [...]

Laboratory tests and pilot conception at Biên Hòa Airbase, Vietnam

During the US-Vietnam War, millions of litres of herbicides were dropped over Vietnam: The Rainbow agents. Biên Hòa Airbase was a joint operating base for the South Vietnam Air Force and the United States Air Force where thousands of barrels of Agent Orange were stored. Agent Orange was proven to cause severe health issues, including birth defects, neurological problems and cancers. Agent Orange is a mixture of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic. Traces of dioxins were also found in some Agents. [...]

Thermal Desorption of Highly-impacted mercury soils in an Urban Area

By Q. Hilbert, A. Vandekerckhove, H. SAADAOUI, J. HAEMERS - HAEMERS Technologies J. Chibleur, J. Leplat - Biogénie In-Situ and Ex-Situ Thermal Desorption (ISTD and ESTD) are a technology based on thermal conduction that can effectively treat organic contaminants, independently of large soil heterogeneity. One of its applications is for contaminated properties in urban areas and under existing buildings. The main principle of the technology resides in installing a network of steel pipes that act as a air/soil heat exchanger to heat [...]

Beijing ISTD Site in China HAEMERS TECHNOLOGIES

Discover our latest site in Beijing!

We just reached a new record! Today is a big day for Haemers, as this Beijing site is officialy the biggest in operation, with 355 Smart Burners in action! And it’s only a start as no more than 350 burners will join the party in August 2018. So that will make a total of 705 Smart Burners for only one site! Even if this number makes our head a bit dizzy, we are more than aware that this site is a huge [...]

Gela V.T.U. in Eni Refinery with Lunar Eclipse (blood moon) / July 2018

Quick overview of our current ISTD Site on Eni Refinery in Gela (Sicily)

Have a glimpse of our In Situ Thermal Remediation project in Eni’s Refinery in Gela (Sicily, Italy), in operation 24/7. Can you guess what is shown on this picture? It’s actually a “V.T.U.” as we call it, which actually means “Vapour Treatment Unit”. What is its purpose? It’s quiet simple! As the soil heats, the contaminants vaporize and are extracted then sent through a pipe network to the V.T.U. where they’ll be treated. The treatment is done by a chemical reaction [...]

A new abstract has been published!

New Abstract published! A new abstract has been published by RemTech. (abstract written in Italian) “THERMAL DESORPTION WITH SMART BURNERS – CASE STUDY FOR THE IN-SITU TREATMENT OF UNSATURATED SOILS AT THE REFINERY OF GELA (ITALY)” (original title : DESORBIMENTO TERMICO CON SMART BURNERS – CASO DI STUDIO PER IL TRATTAMENTO INSITU DEI TERRENI INSATURI ALL’INTERNO DELLA RAFFINERIA DI GELA (ITALIA)”) Authors: Jan Haemers, Andro Barabesi, Gianfranco Caccamo, Katia Pacella Read the Abstract Description This abstract describes the remediation system through ISTD technology (In-Situ [...]

17th edition of Intersol’2018 (International Conference-Exhibition on Soils, Sediments and Water)

From Tuesday, March 27 to Thursday, March 29, 2018, with the participation of Biogénie Europe and HAEMERS Technologies. It is within the framework of the Intersol’2018 Congress that Biogénie and HAEMERS Technologies have written a technical summary dealing with the complex management of Soil Contamination by mercury on a sensitive site. All the details will be presented by our CEO Jan Haemers and Jérémie Leplat, Technical Manager at Biogénie, on Tuesday, March 27 at 11:40. This technical summary highlights all the [...]

Revue EIN – Dépollution des sols et des nappes : réduire les délais et limiter les coûts

The magazine “L’eau, l’industrie, les nuisances” published a thematic issue; “Soil and Groundwater Remediation: reducing delays and limiting costs” Haemers Technologies has the honor to be represented from page 34 on its most innovative site located in Ivry (Paris, France), contaminated with mercury and still in remediation process. Read it now! (available in french only) About “L’eau, l’industrie, les nuisances” L’eau, l’industrie, les nuisances is a magazine specialized in the field of water offers every month a high level of information. A veritable reference [...]