Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean waste disposal – containment – or treatment – With treatment of waste
Patent
1989-08-18
1991-01-01
Corbin, David H.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean waste disposal, containment, or treatment
With treatment of waste
252633, 405128, 405264, E02B 312, B09B 100
Patent
active
049813943
ABSTRACT:
Methods of forming layers of material upon or below the earth's surface and above the water table to prevent or effectively inhibit the flow of groundwaters through such laters of initially unconsolidated materials. Chemical components are added to materials such as incinerator ash or other waste materials deposited in a landfill operation to create alkaline conditions which, when contacted by water, induce precipitation of calcite in sufficient quantities to produce a cementing action which retards leachate formation. In another aspect, a site is prepared for use as a landfill with an essentially hydraulically sealed sub-base by choosing a site with alkaline soils or carbonate bedrock and adding appropriate chemical components to cause calcite to precipitate when contacted by water, which may be applied directly or by naturally occurring precipitation. In yet another aspect, low level radioactive or other potentially hazardous wastes are disposed of by placing containers of such waste in underground chambers and filling the balance of the chambers with chemical components to create an alkaline buffer zone in which calcite is precipitated to provide a cementing action and retard incursion of groundwaters through the buffer zone.
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McLaren Eugene H.
Putman George W.
Young James R.
Corbin David H.
McGuire Charles S.
Terran Research, Inc.
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