The transformation of PAHs in the sewage sludge incineration treatment

doi:10.1007/s11783-014-0766-6

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2016, Vol. 10

Issue (2) : 336-340 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-014-0766-6

RESEARCH ARTICLE

The transformation of PAHs in the sewage sludge incineration treatment

Hui ZHANG¹(

), Le XU², Yifei ZHANG¹, Mengchan JIANG¹

¹. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
². Environmental Monitoring Center of Songjiang District, Shanghai 201600, China

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Abstract

The release of pollutants from sewage sludge in the treatment process is a worldwide tricky problem in the field of sludge treatment. In this paper, the release and reaction between monomers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the sewage sludge incineration treatment were studied based on simulated experiments. The result indicates that the transformation may occurre between monomers of PAHs during their release in the treatment. Over 90% of total PAHs in sewage sludge are released at the the temperature of 300°C–750°C. The possible transformation of Naphthalene to indeno(1, 2, 3-cd)pyrene was related to the temperature of the treatment system. Here, we showed that the output rate of transformation reactions for indeno(1, 2, 3-cd)pyrene is 94% at 300°C. These findings, by identifying corresponding treatment conditions as well as techniques, can help to understand the reactions and control real outputs of PAHs in the treatment process.

Keywords PAHs sewage sludge incineration treatment release of monomers transformation of monomers

Corresponding Author(s): Hui ZHANG

Just Accepted Date: 27 November 2014 Online First Date: 11 December 2014 Issue Date: 01 February 2016

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Hui ZHANG,Le XU,Yifei ZHANG, et al. The transformation of PAHs in the sewage sludge incineration treatment[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2016, 10(2): 336-340.

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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fese/EN/Y2016/V10/I2/336

Tab.1 The properties of the sewage sludge studied

Tab.2 Parameters of the duplicate analysis for PAHs

Fig.1 The total PAHs in the sample lost (released) vs. temperature

Fig.2 The PAHs received from the reactions of the sewage sludge incineration treatment vs. temperature

Fig.3 The ratio of PAH release in temperature intervals in the total PAH released

Fig.4 The relationship between the the concentration increments of the naphthalene and indeno(1, 2, 3-cd) pyrene

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