Scalable Application - Haemers Technologies

NEDER-OVER-HEEMBEEK – BELGIUM

This project was carried out at Haemers Technologies’ headquarters by its own team in Brussels, between March 2020 and March 2021. The contamination was due to a historic motor oil leaking into the soil of an old car garage, now used as the main building of Haemers Technologies. 2 batches of 45 burners each, with various fuel used (propane, natural gas, and diesel) and using the Reburn system 250°C at the cold points Soil targets: TPH (C10-C40) < 300 mg/kg of dry soil Groundwater targets:...

STRASBOURG – FRANCE

This project was carried out under licence in collaboration with the company OGD – Ortec from October 2019 and June 2021. The contamination was due to the discharge of HAP and hydrocarbons (C>12). The soil came from various places along the canal (Citadelle Nord, Ouest and Sud, Starlette Nord and Sud). A thermal treatment platform was set up near the polluted soil, which was excavated and gradually brought to this platform. 41 Natural Gas Smart Burners – Reburn treatment (Vapor Treatment...

PLACE DUMON – BRUSSELS

The contamination was due to the discharge of chlorinated solvents (DCE, TCE, PCE) related to the former dry-cleaning activities in the building. The site was composed of two zones, located in the patio outside the building (25 m²) and located in the basement (17 m²) respectively. The purpose of the treatment was to make a soil and water table treatment with two distinct technologies. The first step was to heat the soil down to the limit of the unsaturated zone to...

Copenhagen – Denmark

The contamination was due to leaks in 5 underground oil tanks inside a basement of an ancient hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark between October 2020 and April 2021. The project is in an urban area, in the middle of the city of Copenhagen with high-level constraints on noise and smells management. 37 Diesel burners – reburn technology. 250°C at the cold points 100ppm (C10-C40) Soil Temperature every meter 4 points from 0 to 3m 2 points from 0 to 5m October 2020 and April 2021 The treatment has been...

Brussels – Belgium

The site was located in a residential area in Brussels. The pollution was caused by the leakage of a buried fuel oil tank. The tank was inerted in 2016. The soil reconnaissance study (2016) and the detailed study (2017) revealed oil pollution in the land surrounding the tank. The polluted area was mainly located in the driveway of a private house and partly under the building. It extended over an area of 28m² and down to 7,5 m below ground. 16...

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...