Treatment of Lead Wastes from Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Plants

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gorman MG ; Lee AY ; Wethington, Ann M.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines developed a method to treat lead-contaminated soil and ebonite battery casing wastes to produce a nonhazardous material. The cleanup procedure involves wet screening to separate a minus 18-mesh soil fraction; removal of metallic lead, rocks, wood, etc.; carbonation to change lead sulfate to acid-soluble lead carbonate; size reduction; acid leaching; and rinsing. Treated casing wastes and soils pass the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) test and can be reclassified as nonhazardous materials. Based on this process, a conceptual pilot plant has been designed which will be demonstrated on wastes from two Superfund sites. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Pollution Lead Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Battery Manufacturing Industry Environmental Contamination Waste Treatment
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873391955
• Publisher:
  Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RORC - Rolla Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003345
• Citation:
  EPD Congress 1993: proceedings of symposia sponsored by the Extraction and Processing Division, and held at the TMS Annual Meeting, February 21-25, 1993, Denver, Colorado. Hager JP, ed. Warrendale PA: Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 1993 Feb; :927-942
• Editor(s):
  Hager JP
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  EPD Congress 1993: proceedings of symposia sponsored by the Extraction and Processing Division, and held at the TMS Annual Meeting, February 21-25, 1993, Denver, Colorado
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bec80fb006a00d4b6612577fc09c52f5ef983eb5cb52e3fcc457b1aae86ae02d57e9f43951397ecc9b83b405de824b46c60e4ba7b87978bab9023cd5b605960c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219466/cdc_219466_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 414.93 KB ]