Waste solidification engineering

L.W. Jones, "Interference Mechanism in Waste Solidification/ Stabilization Processes, EPA-600/S-89/067 (NTIS No. PB90-156209/AS), USEPA, Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinati, OH, 1989. 

Solidification/stabilization processes play a more important role since, in the near future, only inert or stabilized wastes should be landfilled. Solidification/stabilization process means binding the hazardous material in the hydraulic binders for safe landfilling or use in civil engineering purposes. Various types of cement, inorganic binders and pozzolanas (e.g., coal burning fly ash, lime, blast-furnace slag and similar materials) are mostly used as the... 

Ilic M, Miletic S, Milic D, Brceski I (2000) Solidification of lead ions in Portland cement matrix. In Woolley GR, Goumans JJJM, Wainwright PJ (eds) Waste materials in construction - science and engineering of recycling for environmental protection. Waste management series, Elsevier Science, pp 87-97... 

Five-gallon size waste forms were fabricated. Typical waste loading was 35-40 wt%. A small amount of potassium sulfide was added to the Ceramicrete binder mixture for stabilization of Hg, and dense and hard ceramic waste forms were produced. Just before solidification, TCLP results were obtained on small aliquots of the mixing slurry that was separated and allowed to set. Mercury levels in the leachate were found to be 0.05 /rg/1, well below the LfTS limit of 0.025 mg/1. The entire waste was treated, removed from the inventory, and sent to the Radioactive Waste Management Complex at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory for disposal. 

To include sector or site-specific geochemical speciation data into the design of environmental engineering measures (e.g. liming, drainage, solidification, landfill waste disposal, effluent treatment)... 

Pioro, L.S., Sadovskiy, B.F. and Pioro, I.L., 2001. Research and Development of High Efficiency One-Stage Melting Converter-Bunker Method for Solidification of Radioactive Wastes into Glass, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 205, No. 1-2, pp. 133-144. 

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