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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 170, Issue 1, Pages 66-71Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.134
Keywords
Supercritical oxidation; Hazardous elements; Sequential extraction; Leachabililty; Waste ash
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program [2007CB407303]
- National Key Technology RD Program [2008BAC32B03]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20777084]
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In this work, medical waste (MW) incinerator fly ashes from different types of incinerators were subjected to supercritical water (SCW) and SCW + H2O2 (SCWH) treatments. Sequential extraction experiments showed that, after SCW treatment, heavy metals in exchangeable and carbonate forms in the ashes could be transferred into other relatively stable forms, e.g.. Ba and Cr into residual fraction,Cu and Pb into organic matter fraction. SCWH treatment could stabilize heavy metals in Fe-Mn oxides and residual fractions. However, the behavior of As was quite different from heavy metals, which could be leached out from residue fraction after SCVV and SWCH treatments. The leached As tended to absorb onto Fe-Mn oxides and organic matters under near neutral environment, but it could react with Ca2+ at lower pH, increasing the mobility of this element. Therefore, it is necessary to neutralize acidic ash to near neutral condition before subjecting it to SCVV and SCWH treatments so as to effectively stabilize hazardous elements in the ash. Consequently, it is believed that SCWH treatment is an effective alternative for hazardous elements detoxification in MW fly ash. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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