SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- LIQUID ALUMINUM CHEMICAL REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
- Notice Date
- 3/25/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585
- ZIP Code
- 20585
- Solicitation Number
- DE-AF01-02NT20306
- Response Due
- 4/12/2002
- Archive Date
- 5/12/2002
- Point of Contact
- Robert Mohn, Contracting Officer, 412-386-4963, mohn@netl.doe.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO Vendor - CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14301 Highway 71 West Austin, TX 78738 THIS SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER SHALL BE ISSUED UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (SAP). STATEMENT OF WORK Liquid Aluminum Chemical Reduction Technology Demonstration for the Destruction of Organics in Transuranic Waste A. Scope of Work The objective of the Cold Demonstration Program is to demonstrate the ability of the Liquid Aluminum Metal Chemical Reduction Process to separate heterogeneous mixtures of organic material from TRU metals. By proving this chemical separation, radiolysis during storage will be eliminated. The patented Liquid Aluminum Alloy Chemical Reduction process for the destruction of ALL organics in Transuranic (TRU) waste. The CTIC technology requires no pretreatment and accepts waste packages as-is, including heterogeneous waste. Because this is a chemical reduction technology, secondary waste and off-gas is minimal and both effluents are non-hazardous. Radioactive metal isotopes are captured in the metal bath, assuring containment and a stable waste form. Issues associated with incineration or other high temperature oxidation technologies are non-existent. The surrogate organic waste matrix treated by chemical reduction will be representative of Savannah River Site?s Transuranic mixed wastes. The proposed system will require no pre-treatment or post-treatment. The process will provide near-absolute containment of surrogate radionuclides. The tests will also verify that the process produces no dioxins or furans, and meets all applicable regulatory criteria for retention of toxic metals, particulate, and criteria pollutants, while meeting Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC), and TRUPACT-II requirements. Batch cold demonstration tests are focused at treating reduced-scale quantities of surrogate heterogeneous organic wastes in the existing pilot plant. A series of single-variable parametric tests will vary key independent variables from an initial baseline to assist in definition of operating conditions for subsequent optimization tests. These variables will include temperature, waste matrix, contaminants, etc. A series of optimization tests will then be run with combinations of variables to seek optimum processing conditions. Finally, a number of demonstration tests will be run with fixed conditions to demonstrate consistent repeatability. Each surrogate waste stream will be spiked with halogenated organics (1% each CCl4 and C2 Cl4) and metals (1% each elemental lead and mercury) to determine destruction and removal efficiencies. Cerium oxide powder will also be added to each waste stream as a surrogate for plutonium oxide. During each of the batch runs, samples of aluminum melt, slag, off-gas, and scrubber water will be taken and analyzed to demonstrate containment of radioactive surrogates, and to confirm that no hazardous compounds are released in the scrubber water or into the air. Based on the results of the demonstration, CTIC will perform economic studies and provide a conceptual design of the proposed 1/5th scale unit. B. Tasks to be Performed Task 1 - Develop Test Plan The vendor shall develop a cold demonstration test plan. At a minimum, the test plan shall include objectives of the technology demonstration; description of equipment, setup, and procedures, duration of demonstration; and criteria for determining the success of the demonstration. The information shall include but not necessarily be limited to: the throughput, the time and personnel required for the operation, the duration of the demonstration, the expected production rate, the waste generated during the demonstration, any maintenance requirements (duration and interval), and the support activities that are required. The vendor shall submit Safety and Quality Assurance Plans. Sampling and Analysis plans shall also be submitted for the data to be collected, the description of equipment used for data collection and the description and sensitivity of instrumentation for processing and interpretation of data. The Test Plan and all other documents identified in Task 1 shall be submitted within 30 days after the contract award to the DOE Contracting Officer?s Representative (COR) for review and approval. Task 2 - Mobilization The vendor shall prepare the facilities for readiness to perform the demonstration as stated in the approved Test Plans and related approved documents submitted in Task 1. The vendor shall also perform a pre-operational Upset Condition mass-energy balance and perform a readiness review to document system readiness to perform the demonstration as intended, in a safe manner. Task 3 - Demonstration The vendor shall test in accordance with the approved Test Plan developed in Task 1 to demonstrate the ability of the system to chemically destroy the sub-scale drums of waste, by eliminating all organic materials. All organic materials will be reduced to elemental carbon gas. The removal of all organic materials away form the TRU metals reduces hydrogen generation during storage. The halogenated organic materials are removed without incineration and with no dioxin or furan formation. All the data shall be recorded in accordance with the approved Test Plan. All maintenance activities will be recorded in project logbooks to provide insight to production issues and record lessons-learned. The type of maintenance activity, underlying cause, time to repair, and downtime shall be recorded. Task 4 - Demobilization Upon completion of the demonstration test program, the system will be inspected and cleaned, for other future uses by CTIC. We will also be responsible for disposal of all waste generated during the demonstration. A debriefing shall be held with DOE and all end-users of the proposed technology to review the test and explore possibilities for improving the process, if required. Task 5 - Reports The vendor shall complete a Final Report at the conclusion of the demonstration. The report shall also include the logs and data from the demonstration and an analysis of the effectiveness of the process/equipment and suggestions for enhancements if required. The report shall also include suggestions for hot operations and identify and describe any additional equipment and/or modifications suggested for hot operations based on the lessons learned from Cold demonstration. C. Deliverables: (a) Monthly Status Report (b) Test Plans and related documents for Cold Demonstration (c) Final Report Period of performance: Six Months after the award of the purchase order. This purchase order is being issued to the Clean Technologies International Corp., Austin, TX because Justification for Clean Technologies International?s Thermo Chemical Reduction Technology The objective of this effort is to demonstrate technology for the destruction of organics in transuranic, plutonium-238 contaminated, heterogeneous waste by chemical reduction process. The cold demonstration (with surrogate materials) of the reduction technology should prove the effectiveness of the technology to destroy organic constituents in a non-radioactive surrogate heterogeneous debris waste matrix that includes hazardous constituents. A significant fraction of DOE Savannah River Site (SRS) job control Transuranic (TRU) waste can not be shipped to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) because of hydrogen generation limits during shipment. Organic material produces hydrogen due to radiolysis with PU-238 (contaminant). The surrogate organic waste matrix treated by chemical reduction will be representative of Savannah River Site?s Transuranic mixed wastes. The proposed system will require no pre-treatment or post-treatment. The process will provide near-absolute containment of surrogate radionuclides. The tests will also verify that the process produces no dioxins or furans, and meets all applicable regulatory criteria for retention of toxic metals, particulate, and criteria pollutants, while meeting Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC), and TRUPACT-II requirements. Clean Technology International Corporation has developed a uniquely patented thermal chemical reduction waste treatment process which utilizes a proprietary liquid recant metal alloy bath, composed primarily of mixtures of aluminum, magnesium, calcium, and lithium, along with specific alloys of other alkaline metals. These natural spontaneous chemically reactive reducing alkaline metal alloys break down complex organic chemicals, including all the halogenated hydrocarbons, while capturing in the bath, most metals, including radioactive isotopes contained within the waste materials introduced into this chemical reactions medium. The advantage of this chemical reduction waste treatment process is that it is non-selective, any waste materials or any mixtures of waste materials can be processed at one time, because all of the treatment chemical reactions occur simultaneously. All of the chemical reduction reactions are naturally occurring and spontaneous. A controlled reaction chamber atmosphere excludes most oxygen, creating a non-oxidative, non-combustion off-gas environment. A positive pressure anaerobic purge gas eliminates many of the problems found in the oxygen rich off-gasses of incinerators and plasma arc installations. To safely destroy organic material without producing hazardous off-gas emissions and to contain the PU-238 within the process, SRS needs a proof-of principle cold demonstration of the CTIC?s thermochemical reduction technology. The CTI proprietary thermochemical reduction technology has been demonstrated on other waste material at two other DOE sites and has demonstrated potential for the PU-238 contaminated waste. The CTIC technology has also received American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) peer review requested by the DOE. The ASME Review Panel considered the available data from the tests at the other DOE sites and recommended that SRS proceed with testing the technology on the SRS TRU waste surrogates. The CTI thermochemical reduction technology is proprietary and covered by broad patents. Development of a new similar technology will not only be significantly more expensive but may also require significant research and development so as not to infringe on CTIC?s patents to achieve the same objective. Therefore, this sole source justification request is based on the information that CTIC's thermochemical reduction technology not only meets the minimal functional requirements (no pretreatment, no formation of dioxins and furans, no hazardous off-gas emissions, containment of contaminants in the bath, stable final waste form), but is a patented thermochemical reduction technology that has demonstrated success in the similar hazardous waste materials. Sole source of the CTI technology will not only be cost effective but also timely and provide reasonable assurance of success. Therefore, no solicitation will result from this annoucement. All inquiries and concerns must be addressed in writing to the address stated herein or to facsimile number (412) 386-5770, Attn: Robert Mohn. Responses to this notice must be within fifteen (15) days after this synopsis is posted electronically. Please include your name, point of contact, address, area code and telephone numbe and facsimile number. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be accepted. The Technical Representative is Vijendra Kothari at (304) 285-4579.
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