Investigation of sewage sludge preparation for combustion process

• Authors: Aneta Magdziarz , Małgorzata Wilk , Bogdan Kosturkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Waste disposal is imposed by the European Union under Treaty of Accession concerning waste management order. One of the waste disposal methods is thermal utilisation. The paper presents an investigation of sewage sludge briquettes used as a fuel in combustion process. The research study was carried out on samples taken from the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bochnia. Briquettes with lime were formed. The analysis of the elementary chemical composition of municipal sewage sludge, the composition of the ash and thermogravimetric analysis were carried out. The results indicate that the prepared briquettes had sufficient fuel properties.

Keywords

EN

sewage sludge; waste management; briquetting; thermal analysis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Chemical and Process Engineering
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 299-309

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2011

online

15 - 2 - 2012

Contributors

author

Aneta Magdziarz

• Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University of Science & Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

Małgorzata Wilk

• Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University of Science & Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

Bogdan Kosturkiewicz

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science & Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10176-011-0024-4