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Microwaves for Toxic Waste Treatment

IIT Research Institute in Chicago has developed a process which can literally cook toxic waste right out of soil. The soil is heated to temperatures as high as 350 degrees F.

Tests carried out at a Madison, Wisconsin Air Force base showed that almost 99 percent of the jet fuel, chlorinated hydrocarbons and waste oils in 30 tons of contaminated soil were successfully removed.

Tubular electrodes are inserted to a depth of six feet in a waste containment area or laid across the top of the area.

The soil is heated up when the electrodes are excited by radio- frequency energy. The process is similar to the heating within a microwave oven except that this process uses much lower frequencies.

During the cooking process, water and hazardous components contained in the soil are rapidly evaporated. These vapors are collected and condensed by being passed through a bed of activated charcoal which is then removed from the site.

The system is said to be able to clean up a polluted site for one third to one half the cost of current cleanup processes.

 
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