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Saint-Nazaire – France

This site was part of a rehabilitation project in an urban area of the city of Saint-Nazaire (France). The contamination of the site was presumably caused by the previous activities of a gas plant. Two ESTD piles (respectively 1.500m³ and 2000m³ of soil) were built to treat the contaminated soil. 75 Gas Fired burners with the reburn technology. Hydrocarbons C10-C40 < 2.250 mg/kg BTEX < 1.6 mg/kg PAH < 500 mg/kg Soil temperature in cold points Soil Pressure Burner combustion gases Chimney Emissions (with activated carbon filter) October 2019 to February...

Grønnedal – Greenland

The site is the former Grønnedal military base in Greenland. Three types of hydrocarbon contaminant were considered for the remediation: one was contaminated with C6-C15 hydrocarbons (helicopter fuel), the second one was contaminated with C10-C20 hydrocarbons (diesel fuel) and the third one was contaminated with C20-C35 hydrocarbons (heavy fuel/oil). In order to treat the tree types of contaminants, it had been decided to build a container made with sheet piles. The volume was divi- ded in 3 parts to treat...

Noroxo – France

The whole Noroxo site covered about 34 hectares. It was located between a commercial area and an agricultural area. In order to build the stockpiles (ESTD), 7.566 m² located at the extreme North West of the site were allocated for the thermal treatment. As the site contained explosive ordnance from WW1, a UXO clearance was performed prior and during all excavation works. Residual explosives were treated with the soil (ESTD) after ordnance removal. The main issue with high concentrated spots on a...

Sambreville – Belgium

We are carrying out a study to clean up materials from the screening of construction waste by Bruco. These materials are composed of small organic waste, PVC, plastic, insulation, polystyrene, etc. The objective of this project is to analyze the ability of thermal desorption to clean up these materials containing construction waste. Organohalogens are organic chemicals that contain one or more bonds between carbon and a halogen (chlorine, bromine, fluorine, iodine). EOX (Extractable Organohalogens) are the organohalogen compounds that can be extracted...

Beijing – China

The site was in 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 site is to be transformed into a brand-new park for the next Winter Olympics of 2022. The first phase of...

Treurenberg – Belgium

The site is located in Brussels, Belgium, in the basement of a CBC Bank’s building, near Sainte-Gudule’s Cathedral. The treatment zone is in multiple maintenance rooms with a total of 46m2. The total volume to be treated was of 138m3 (248 Tons) and was mainly impacted by a hydrocarbon’s leakage. Because it was a narrow basement, Engineering and Operations staff encountered difficulties while drilling before placing the Smart BurnersTM. (80cm of concrete floor’s thickness, drilling to 3m depth, low ceiling,..), causing...

Ganløseparken – Denmark

The site is located in Ganløseparken in Denmark, over two gardens in a private property. COCs are hydrocarbons from a gasoil tank leak and are located partially under the house below the basement. Treatment goals are defined by local regulation. The total volume of soil to treat was of 1350 m3, at 7.5m depth. Almost every temperature measurement rose above 220°C. The main problematic points are located at 7,5m deep and never passed the 100°C threshold. This issue can be explained...

Gela – Italy

The site is located in the Refinery of Gela (Italy) that belongs to the Company ENI S.p.A. The treatment takes place in the ex-discharge of the refinery divided in 2 zones, that contained refinery ole fins deposited in the past (called FNP). This area, named Vasca A, is situated within the former landfill sites (also called Vecchie Discariche) in the Isola 32 of the Refinery. The objective of the full project is to treat by thermal desorption the zone for single...

Poggio – Italy

The site was located near to Poggio San Lorenzo (ITALY), alongside a house and a restaurant. By the past, the location was once occupied by a petrol station which spilled diverse contaminants in the ground. The project was made on a 128m² heating zone with 19 gas burners (V5) and 19 secondary heating tubes with a reburn system. The legislation in Italy imposes a concentration of hydrocarbons below 100 mg/kg. However, the targeted concentration of the contaminants at the end of...

Omovej – Denmark

The site is located Omøvej 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark. It is a private house located in a residential area, West of Copenhagen. Contamination is partially located under the house and mainly in the garden. The target zone is contaminated with mi- neral oil. The average concentration in soil is close to 2750 mg/kg with a maximum concentration of 6750 mg/kg, locally. The total mass of the pollutant into the soil is estimated to 5000 kg. An organic pollution of mineral oil (hydrocarbons:...