TY - JOUR
T1 - The distribution of heavy metals during fluidized bed combustion of sludge
AU - Van de Velden, Manon
AU - Baeyens, Jan
AU - Josson, L
AU - Lanssens, P
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - During combustion of wastewater treatment sludge, the inorganic constituents are converted into ash which contains the major fraction of the heavy metals present. The behaviour of heavy metals in combustion processes has been studied extensively for mostly coal combustion and waste incineration. For biomass and sludge, literature data are scarce and mostly limited to laboratory experiments. The present paper assesses the partitioning of eight heavy metals (Hg, As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Cr, Ni and Zn) in the different residues from a large-scale fluidized bed sludge combustor of 4.4 m i.d. The origin of the sludge is mostly from treating urban wastewaters (>90%), although some mixed sludge (urban + industrial,
AB - During combustion of wastewater treatment sludge, the inorganic constituents are converted into ash which contains the major fraction of the heavy metals present. The behaviour of heavy metals in combustion processes has been studied extensively for mostly coal combustion and waste incineration. For biomass and sludge, literature data are scarce and mostly limited to laboratory experiments. The present paper assesses the partitioning of eight heavy metals (Hg, As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Cr, Ni and Zn) in the different residues from a large-scale fluidized bed sludge combustor of 4.4 m i.d. The origin of the sludge is mostly from treating urban wastewaters (>90%), although some mixed sludge (urban + industrial,
KW - partitioning
KW - sludge
KW - fluidized bed combustion
KW - heavy metals
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.05.056
DO - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.05.056
M3 - Article
C2 - 17601665
SN - 1873-3336
VL - ON LINE
JO - Journal of Hazardous Materials
JF - Journal of Hazardous Materials
ER -
