Basic Atomics Electromagnetic Programs (GA-EMS) performed reside demonstrations of its industrial Supercritical Water Oxidation (iSCWO) system for destroying PFAS chemical substances earlier than a delegation of presidency, remediation, and waste administration firm representatives on 29 August.
It appeared to exhibit the profitable destruction of PFAS utilizing an Aqueous Movie Forming Foam (AFFF) waste feed in a collection of back-to-back demonstrations of GA-EMS’ iSCWO system on the firm’s devoted, full-scale system check facility situated in San Diego.
Quite a lot of oxidation and different applied sciences are at present being explored in relation to the disposal of PFAS in substrates corresponding to landfill leachate.
“PFAS chemical substances have been utilized in merchandise because the Forties and communities immediately are grappling with the environmental and human well being penalties brought on by many years of publicity to those without end chemical substances,” mentioned Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. “It’s time to finish the cycle of PFAS contamination for good. We invited legislative and waste trade representatives to witness first-hand iSCWO’s effectiveness in eliminating PFAS, utilizing our business know-how that has been out of the lab and operational within the subject for greater than a decade.”
GA-EMS’ iSCWO system processes natural waste with water in an especially excessive temperature (650°C) and excessive stress (4000 psi) setting to effectively destroy PFAS and PFAS waste containing different natural co-contaminants. The system is described as being secure to function, environmentally sound, and cost-effective. There isn’t any post-treatment required, no gasoline or liquid emissions to cope with, and no hazardous by-products to retailer, transport, or get rid of.
“We’re working with remediation firms to develop plans to combine our confirmed iSCWO techniques into their waste remedy infrastructures and start the method of eliminating PFAS from a variety of waste sources, together with landfill leachate, wastewater, biosolids, soils, and water filtration by-products,” continued Forney. “Thus far, our iSCWO techniques have destroyed over 6 million gallons of hazardous and non-hazardous waste with a better than 99.99% destruction effectivity.”
The EPA issued an in depth report documenting the first-ever check and verification of PFAS destruction effectivity better than 99.99% utilizing GA-EMS’ industrial-scale SCWO know-how. As well as, GA-EMS’ iSCWO system has been efficiently examined to destroy greater than 200 various kinds of hazardous and non-hazardous liquids, solids, and slurry waste streams with the identical 99.99% plus destruction outcomes.
