Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 123, Issue 2, Pages 1045-1051Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-015-5016-z
Keywords
Phosphorus recovery; Thermochemical treatment; Sewage sludge ash; Reducing conditions; Heavy metal evaporation; FT-IR gas analysis
Funding
- German Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture [2811NA022]
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Phosphorus (P) for fertilizer use can be recovered from sewage sludge ash (SSA). To enhance the bioavailability of P and reduce the heavy metal content of SSA, it can be treated thermochemically with Na2CO3 or Na2SO4 at 950 A degrees C in a rotary kiln using dry sewage sludge or lignite as reducing agent. These processes were investigated by thermogravimetry/differential thermal analysis coupled with gas analysis. Reducing conditions in this experimental setup were provided by 2 % hydrogen in the Ar carrier gas. During SSA + Na2CO3 treatment CO2, CO and water were detected in the off-gas. During SSA + Na2SO4 treatment SO2, some CO2 and water were detected. Heavy metal removal was more efficient for SSA + Na2CO3 compared to the sulfate variant. A SSA + Na2SO4 + lignite variant which also formed CO shifted the heavy metal removal to the results obtained with Na2CO3 which was obviously due to the additional reduction potential. However, Zn evaporation was not achieved with the Na2SO4 variants which were most probably due to immobilization as ZnS.
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