Patent ID: 8348551

Claim:
A method for treating contaminated soil, comprising: providing contaminated soil to a soil chamber; allowing heat to transfer from at least two heaters to at least one or more walls of the soil chamber and to the floor of the soil chamber, and then to the contaminated soil, wherein at least one of the two heaters is attached to or inside of at least one wall of the soil chamber, and at least one of the two heaters is coupled to or in the floor of the soil chamber; and heating the contaminated soil in the soil chamber to a desired temperature to reduce a level of contaminants in the contaminated soil; wherein at least one of the walls of the soil chamber is configured to move between a closed position during heating of the contaminated soil, and an open position that allows a soil loading/unloading vehicle to access an interior of the soil chamber to provide or remove soil to and from the soil chamber.