Present and prospective leather industry waste disposal

• Authors: Katarzyna Fela , Krystyna Wieczorek-Ciurowa , Michał Konopka , Zenon Woźny
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper general characteristics of the main leather industry waste regarding its amount reduction by thermal treatment have been presented. Both the tannery solid wastes and the sludge contain organic substances. Their energy value is more than 50% higher in comparison to hard coal (nominally 20 MJ/kg as dry material). Up to now, the considerable amounts of energy are not recovered; leather wastes are predominantly on landfill. Implementation of a comprehensive thermal method for tannery solid waste and sludge utilization can permit to solve the waste disposal problem by effective neutralization of all of the waste. Moreover, it should bring economic benefits associated with steam or hot water production and landfill tax avoiding. The study is oriented towards the practical application.

Keywords

EN

leather industry; tannery waste; sewage sludge; odor; waste treatment; thermal neutralization

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 53-55

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2011

online

5 - 10 - 2011

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Fela

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Krystyna Wieczorek-Ciurowa

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Michał Konopka

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Zenon Woźny

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10026-011-0037-2