Distribution characteristics and comparison of chemical stabilization ways of heavy metals from MSW incineration fly ashes

With the purpose of fully understanding the potential toxicity of heavy metals of various particle sizes in fly ash (FA) and finding an optimal chemical reagent stabilization scheme for fly ash with single or mixture reagents, basic physicochemical characteristics of FA was investigated using multiple chemical stabilization reagent schemes to stabilize heavy metals. The following compounds were used to develop single and mixed chemical stabilization schemes for heavy metals in waste incineration FA: sodium sulfide (Na2S), sodium dihydrogen phosphate (NaH2PO4), ammonium dibutyl dithiophosphate (DDTP), and 2,4,6-tri-mercapto-S-triazine trisodium salt (TMT-15). The results showed that the various particle sizes of FA were mainly distributed in the range of 48-1700 mu m. FA was packed with heavy metals, and the smaller the particle size, the more toxic it was. The speciation distribution of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, and Cr in different particle sizes was identical to that of the mixed samples. In the experiments of single reagent stabilization scheme, 8% Na2S , 8% NaH2PO4, 4.2% DDTP or 4.2% TMT-15 could decrease the leaching concentration to meet the limits set by Chinese law, but 8% Na2S adding scheme had the lowest cost among them. However, in the mixture reagent scheme, 1.2% Na2S, 1.2% NaH2PO4 and 0.8% DDTP was more effective and even cheaper than other mixture or single schemes. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.