PCDD/F levels and phase distributions in a full-scale municipal solid waste incinerator with co-incinerating sewage sludge

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Veröffentlicht in:Waste management (New York, N.Y.). - 1999. - 106(2020) vom: 01. Apr., Seite 110-119
1. Verfasser: Zhong, Rigang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wang, Chen, Zhang, Zuotai, Liu, Qingcai, Cai, Zongwei
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Dioxin Municipal solid waste incinerator Particle/gas-phase partition SCR Sewage sludge Air Pollutants Dibenzofurans Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins mehr... Sewage Solid Waste
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Co-incinerating sewage sludge in municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs) is an up-to-date disposal way with great prospects to market. To verify the environmental safety of this disposal method, a field study was conducted in a MSWI which has achieved PCDD/Fs ultra-low emission. PCDD/F phase partitioning characteristics, congener profiles, and the influence of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) were also investigated. PCDD/F emission levels ranged from 0.0031 to 0.0053 ng I-TEQ/Nm3, distinctly lower than the national standard. For tests co-incinerating 5% sludge, PCDD/F emission levels were averagely 32% lower than tests mono-combusting municipal solid waste. The phase partitioning study found that PCDD/Fs enriched in condensed water took a non-negligible proportion of the total concentration in flue gas. The removal efficiency of SCR in tests co-incinerating sludge was averaged at 41.9%. However, in tests without adding sewage sludge, PCDD/F concentrations in flus gas after SCR were increased. It was found that the elevations were mainly attributed to the increase of low-chlorinated PCDF congeners in gas-phase. By inference, memory effect existing in SCR might be responsible for the increase of PCDD/F levels. PCDD to PCDF ratios in most of the sampling points were >1, suggesting that de novo synthesis is not the dominant formation pathway in the studied incinerator. This study verified that co-incinerating sewage sludge in the MSWI would not elevate the emission levels of PCDD/Fs. If all of the yielded municipal waste is incinerated with adding 5% sewage sludge, more than half of sewage sludge can be disposed safely in Shenzhen
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.04.2020
Date Revised 14.04.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.03.020