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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.2475/MUM/2010 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :06/09/2010 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED EARTH FROM
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN A BATCH-WISE EX-SITU ON-SITE MANNER
(51) International classification
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3/12;
b09c
1/02
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY
Address of Applicant :POWAI, MUMBAI 400076,
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)ASOLEKAR SHYAM RAMCHANDRA
(57) Abstract :
Method and system for the remediation of contaminated earth from hazardous substances in a batch-wise ex-situ on site manner.
At least one mobile earth moving equipment, at least one mobile tumbler reactor and at least one liquid - solid separator are
organised at a location in the proximity of the contaminated site. Contaminated earth portions are collected from the contaminated
site batch by batch in the mobile earth moving equipment, transported to the location and transferred to the mobile tumbler reactor
at the location. The contaminated earth portions in the mobile tumbler reactor are dosed with cleaning agents and water washed in
the reactor under agitation or tumbling. The mixture of water washed earth portions and wash water with cleaning agents in the
mobile tumbler reactor is transferred into the liquid-solid separator at the location and the wash water with the cleaning agents is
separated from the mixture in the separator. The cleaned earth portions in the separator are transferred into the earth moving
equipment, transported back to the contaminated site and deposited at the contaminated site until the entire contaminated earth at
the contaminated site is remedied. At least one water treatment plant is optionally organized at the location for treating the wash
water. The logistics of carrying out the operations are controlled with a controller automatically or are controlled manually or
partly manually and partly automatically. The invention achieves efficient and effective remediation of the contaminated site
within a short time in a very simple and economical manner. It is particularly advantageous in an emergency or accident like oil
spillage.
No. of Pages : 24 No. of Claims : 14
The Patent Office Journal 21/06/2013 13475