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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 345, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118820
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Sewage sludge; Hydrothermal carbonization; Hydrochar; Catalyst; Sulphuric acid; Post-processing water
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This research focused on the impact of adding sulphuric acid (VI) catalyst to sewage sludge on the solid and liquid products produced by hydrothermal carbonization. The addition of the catalyst altered the structure and properties of hydrochars and their ashes, resulting in decreased heavy metal content and increased phosphorus compounds in the filtrates.
This research is focused on the addition of a catalyst, sulphuric acid (VI), to sewage sludge, and its effect on solid and liquid products resulting from the hydrothermal carbonization process. Consequently, for hydrochars, proximate and ultimate analyses, higher heating value and specific surface area were determined. Additionally, Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometric and thermogravimetric analyses were conducted. The heavy metal contents in the ash composition of hydrochars were identified by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. It was confirmed that the catalyst addition changed the structure as well as the physical and chemical properties of hydrochars and their ashes. Regarding post-processing water, both pH value and conductivity were determined and the element composition, including heavy metals, was conducted by the inductively coupled plasma optical emission and mass spectrometry analyses. It was found that the addition of the catalyst caused a decrease in heavy metal contents and an increase of phosphorus compound in filtrates.
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