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Volume 8, Issue 8 (Suppl)
J Earth Sci Clim Change
ISSN: 2157-7617 JESCC, an open access journal
Earth Science Congress 2017
September 18-19, 2017
September 18-19, 2017 Hong Kong
6
th
International Conference on
Earth Science and Climate Change
Energy saving remediation of lubricating oil-contaminated soil by microwave thermal desorption
technology
Taehoon Koh, Donggeun Lee and Hanju Yoo
Korea Railroad Research Institute, South Korea
T
hermal treatment is one of the effective methods to rapidly treat the oil-contaminated soil. However this method costs
much due to the high energy consumption comparing with other conventional treatments. Microwave is recently regarded
as an energy source to enhance the energy efficiency for the thermal treatment of the oil-contaminated soil. In this study, the
feasibility of microwave thermal desorption technology was investigated to treat the polluted lubricating oil-contaminated
soil. Microwave thermal desorption technology has been recently developed in Korea as a technically-effective as well as
cost-effective technology for the remediation of lubricating oil-polluted soil. This technology uses microwave and microwave
absorber as an energy source to enhance the energy efficiency for the thermal treatment of the lubricating oil-contaminated
soil. Based on a series of field test results from this study, it was found that microwave thermal desorption technology can
substantially reduce the remediation cost of oil-contaminated soil with low electric power consumption and contribute to low
CO
2
emission.
Biography
Taehoon Koh has completed his PhD from Purdue University, USA. He is a Civil Engineer and Chief Researcher studying new construction materials and methods
at Korea Railroad Research Institute. He has developed eco-friendly construction materials (concrete), fast construction technology for concrete structure and
low-carbon remediation technology for polluted geotechnical materials. He has published more than 90 technical papers, registered over 20 patents and received
paper awards and research awards.
thkoh@krri.re.krTaehoon Koh et al., J Earth Sci Clim Change 2017, 8:8 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C1-030