![[logo] US EPA](http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/images/logo_epaseal.gif){kind=logo}
Demonstration of Minergy Glass Furnance Technology
The final report for this project has been published.
(EPA/540/R-03/500) March 2004. This SITE project demonstration of the
Minergy Corporation (Minergy) Glass Furnace Technology (GFT) evaluated
the technology's ability to reduce polychlorinated biphenyl PCB and metal
concentrations in river sediment. Performance and economic data were collected
during this evaluation. GFT was developed by Minergy to remove PCB's,
other organics, and metals from river sediment. The system was designed
to heat the dried river sediment in the melter to a temperature of about
1,600 degrees Celsius, at which temperature the sediment is melted. At
these high temperatures, PCBs and organic contaminants are destroyed or
removed, and metals are encapsulated within the glass matrix. The molten
sediment exits the melter into a water-quench bath, where it quickly hardens
and shatters to form glass aggregate that, Minergy maintains, has reuse
value. The primary objective for the GFT technology demonstration was
to evaluate the treatment efficiency of PCB destruction or removal by
the GFT process during the demonstration period, and to determine whether
or not the glass aggregate product has beneficial reuse potential.
Contact: Marta Richards, USEPA (EIMS#81129)