Method and mixture for solidifying and immobilizing various hazardous waste contaminants in an organic matrix

• US 4,909,849 A
• Filed: 06/06/1988
• Issued: 03/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Chemical Trust
• Original Assignee: Raymond E. Funderburk
• Inventors: Funderburk, Raymond E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Mark L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GROUP, KARL E
• Application Number:
  US07/202,932
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 106/DIG. 1, 106/85, 106/90, 106/92, 106/315, 405/129, 405/263, 405/264, 405/266, 210/751, 210/901
• US Class Current: 106/697
• CPC Class Codes: A62D 2101/22 containing halogen
• CPC Class Codes: A62D 2101/24 containing heavy metals
• CPC Class Codes: A62D 2101/43 containing heavy metals, in the bonded or free state
• CPC Class Codes: A62D 3/33 by chemical fixing the harmful substance, e.g. by chelation or complexation
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/04 Waste materials; Refuse
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 18/18 organic C04B18/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/12 Set accelerators
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 2103/22 Set retarders
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/02 Alcohols; Phenols; Ethers
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 24/32 Polyethers, e.g. alkylphenol polyglycolether
• CPC Class Codes: C04B 28/02 containing hydraulic cements other than calcium sulfates
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/91 Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 106/01 Fly ash
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 210/901 Specified land fill feature, e.g. prevention of ground water fouling

Abstract

A method of containing a liquid or semi-liquid hazardous waste found in an organic matrix, wherein the liquid or semi-liquid hazardous waste is mixed with combinations of calcium chloride, calcium formate, glycerine, pentaerythritol, 1,2-propanediol and pluraonic (Synperonic), water, and a cementitious material such as Portland cement, fly ash, or kiln dust. These various mixtures of chemicals, moisture levels and cementitious material solidify to immobilize the constituents in the hazardous waste to reduce the extractability of the constituents from the resulting mixture.

Claims

1. A method of containing a hazardous waste material comprising or contained in an organic matrix within a solidified material in which the hazardous waste is at least partially immobilized comprising the steps of:

preparing a first mixture comprising,

a set accelerator for cementitious materials selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride and calcium formate;

a set retarder for cementitious materials selected from the group consisting of glycerine, pentaerythritol and mixtures thereof;

a permeability reducing agent selected from the group consisting of 1,2-propanediol, polyoxyalkylene derivatives of propylene glycol comprising difunctional block-polymers terminating in primary hydroxyl groups with molecular weights ranging from about 1,000 to greater than 15,000 and mixtures thereof; and

water;

preparing a second mixture comprising a substantially homogeneous mixture of said first mixture with said hazardous waste material comprising or contained in an organic matrix;

preparing a slurry comprising said second mixture together with a cementitious material selected from the group consisting of Portland cement, fly ash and mixtures thereof; and

permitting said slurry to form a solid composition wherein said hazardous waste material is at least partially immobilized.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

glycerine 10%

1,2-propanediol 5%

by weight.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the proportions of such first mixture to the hazardous waste are between twenty and fifty volumes of the hazardous waste to one volume of said first mixture.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the proportions of said second mixture to said cementitious material are one to four volumes of said cementitious material to one volume of said second mixture.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the hazardous waste is parachlorophenol.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of mixing water with said second mixture and said cementitious material.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

pentaerythritol 10%

1,2-propanediol 5%

by weight.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

glycerine 5%

pentaerythritol 5%

1,2-propanediol 5%

by weight.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

glycerine 10%

said difunctional block polymers 5%

by weight.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

pentaerythritol 10%

said difunctional block polymers 5%

by weight.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

glycerin 5%

pentaerythritol 5%

said disfunctional block polymers 5%

by weight.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

glycerine 10%

1,2-propanediol 2.5%

said disfunctional block polymers 2.5%

by weight.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

pentaerythritol 10%

1,2-propanediol 2.5%

said disfunctional block polymers 2.5%

by weight.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium chloride 20%

glycerine 5%

pentaerythritol 5%

1,2-propanediol 2.5%

said disfunctional block polymers 2.5%

by weight.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

glycerine 10%

1,2- propanediol 5%

by weight.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

pentaerythritol 10%

1,2-propanediol 5%

by weight.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

glycerine 5%

pentaerythritol 5%

1,2-propanediol 5%

by weight.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

glycerine 10%

said difunctional block polymers 5%

by weight.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

pentaerythritol 10%

said difunctional block polymers 5%

by weight.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

glycerine 5%

pentaerythritol 5%

said disfunctional block polymers 5%

by weight.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

glycerine 10%

1,2-propanediol 2.5%

said disfunctional block polymers 2.5%

by weight.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

pentaerythritol 10%

1,2-propanediol 2.5%

said disfunctional block polymers 2.5%

by weight.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the proportions of such first mixture are substantially:

water 65%

calcium formate 20%

glycerine 5%

pentaerythritol 5%

1,2-propanediol 2.5%

said disfunctional block polymers 2.5%

by weight.

24. A composition comprising a solid, substantially homogenous cement-like mass within which a hazardous waste material comprising or contained in an organic matrix has been at least partially immobilized, said composition having been formed by the method of claim 1.