Global Development Ressources Inc.
Toronto, ON
Company Overview
ELI Eco Logic International Inc. (Eco Logic) was formed with a vision of commercializing a viable alternative to incineration for the treatment of highly hazardous organic contaminants. More than a decade later, the company has implemented the technology, Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction (GPCR), in four countries - Canada, the United States, Ausralia and Japan. Eco Logic employs roughly 25 environmental professionals at offices in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Environmental Profile
Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction (GPCR) is a non-incineration, hazardous organic waste treatment technology developed, patented and implemented by Eco Logic of Rockwood, Ontario, Canada. Internationally accepted and tested, GPCR has been used to treat thousands of tons of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and furans, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and other POPs. The Process involves the gas-phase chemical reduction of organic compounds by hydrogen at temperatures of approximately 875C. Chlorinated organic compounds are ultimately reduced to methane, hydrogen chloride, and minor amounts of low molecular weight hydrocarbons (benzene and ethylene). The hydrochloric acid is neutralized by addition of caustic soda during initial cooling of the process gas. The ability of GPCR to destroy organic contaminants with efficiencies in excess of 99.9999% has been proven numerous times in demonstration tests and commercial-scale operations, and to date over 30, 000 operating hours have been logged.
The majority of waste treatment activities using GPCR occurred at Eco Logics full-scale commercial plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, which began commissioning operations in 1995 and achieved commercial throughputs by 1998. The plant was closed in December 2000 due to declining waste availability in the country. In total, the plant treated in excess of 2, 000 tonnes of waste including PCBs, pesticides and other POPs, with most up to 1, 500 tonnes having been treated in the last two years of operation. Another large-scale operation was conducted at General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) in St. Catharines, Ontario. This demonstration project, which began in February 1996 and concluded in September 1997, saw the destruction of approximately 1, 000 tonnes of PCB-contaminated electrical equipment (transformers, capacitors, ballasts), concrete, oil, soil and miscellaneous other solids and liquids.
There are currently 3 GPCR plants in existence worldwide. A demonstration-scale plant is currently housed at Eco Logics head office in Rockwood, Ontario, Canada, where it is being used for treatability testing and engineering development. This unit had been previously housed at a US Army facility where it underwent extensive testing for chemical munitions treatment. A second demonstration-scale plant is located in Japan, where it has been used for regulatory testing for PCB and dioxin waste treatment. Eco Logics Japanese partners have recently completed construction of a semi-mobile GPCR plant, which will be used for commercial treatment of PCB wastes throughout Japan. These three plants are in addition to two commercial-scale plants that previously operated in Kwinana, Western Australia, and in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Another plant is expected to be built in 2003/2004 for use in Slovakia under a PCB treatment project with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
Company Information
Physical Address
3000-2300 Yonge St
Toronto, ON M4P 1E4
CA
Mailing Address
3000-2300 Yonge St
Toronto, ON M4P 1E4
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: Global Development Ressources Inc.
Number of Employees: 20
CA
Eco Logic's Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction (GPCR) technology is a patented, closed-loop process which chemically breaks down organic contaminants into 'product gas' (primarily methane and hydrogen), water vapor and carbon monoxide. Waste destruction is accomplished in the presence of hydrogen at approximately 850 C and ambient pressure. Various waste feed mechanisms are employed to allow for treatment of liquids, soils, and bulk solids such as electrical equipment. Unlike incineration, which can create harmful compounds such as dioxin, the GPCR technology does not burn PCBs and in fact has been shown to destroy these compounds. Various state-of-the-art process control computers and instruments monitor the safe operation of the waste treatment system to ensure that no dangerous compounds are released to the environment.
Contacts
Beth Kummling
Title: Director
Area of Responsibility: Domestic Sales & Marketing
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Products
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Gpcr Technology
Eco Logic's GPCR technology is proven for the destruction and recycling of highly hazardous organic chemicals. Through more than a decade of development this technology has consistently demonstrated commercial-scale destruction and removal efficiencies of at least 99.9999% on a variety of contaminants.
The technology utilizes reduction chemistry rather than oxidation reactions typical to incinerators. By reforming contaminants in a hydrogen atmosphere, the possibility of forming dioxins and furans as by-products is greatly reduced. The off gases (primarily methane and hydrochloric acid) are held and analyzed prior to reuse or recycle thus ensuring that there are no uncontrolled emissions.
Typical applications for GPCR include treatment of PCBs, electrical equipment, contaminated soils, petrochemical wastes, high-strength industrial chemicals, chlorofluorocarbons, carbon filter media, certain low level radioactive wastes, and municipal sludges. The technology can be implemented for the treatment of legacy waste cleanups (i. e. contaminated sites and stockpiles), or installed at a smaller scale within an industrial facility for treatment of high-strength organic waste streams as they are created, thus minimizing pollution from the plant.
- Hazardous Waste Destruction
Additional Information
541620
Australia, Japan, United States
Brazil, Russian Federation