1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China 2. Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan 3. Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Industrial waste mixed with MSW is the main source of heavy metal in bottom ash.
Chlorine content in bottom ash is controlled both by plastic and kitchen waste.
Insoluble chlorine in Chinese MSWI bottom ash exists primarily as AlOCl.
Bottom ash is an inevitable by-product from municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration plants. Recycling it as additives for cement production is a promising disposal method. However, the heavy metals and chlorine are the main limiting factors because of the potential environmental risks and corrosion of cement kilns. Therefore, investigating heavy metal and chlorine characteristics of bottom ash is the significant prerequisite of its reuse in cement industries. In this study, a correlative analysis was conducted to evaluate the effect of the MSW components and collection mode on the heavy metal and chlorine characteristics in bottom ash. The chemical speciation of insoluble chlorine was also investigated by synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis. The results showed that industrial waste was the main source of heavy metals, especially Cr and Pb, in bottom ash. The higher contents of plastics and kitchen waste lead to the higher chlorine level (0.6 wt.%–0.7 wt.%) of the bottom ash. The insoluble chlorine in the MSW incineration bottom ash existed primarily as AlOCl, which was produced under the high temperature (1250℃) in incinerators.
Boran WU,Dongyang WANG,Xiaoli CHAI, et al. Characterization of chlorine and heavy metals for the potential recycling of bottom ash from municipal solid waste incinerators as cement additives[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.,
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Tab.2 Refuse compositions for six cities in 2012 [15] (unit: wt.%)
elemental composition
JQ
YQ
BJ
SZ
CQ
CD
JJ
Na2O
2.02
2.48
1.61
1.43
2.35
2.62
1.67
MgO
2.28
1.92
2.16
1.01
2.05
2.10
1.34
Al2O3
5.96
5.91
7.97
6.97
7.59
11.4
8.34
SiO2
21.3
27.4
19.9
23.2
24.4
33.1
39.3
P2O5
3.26
3.22
1.94
1.60
4.75
2.79
1.05
SO3
3.29
2.13
1.84
1.37
2.50
3.36
0.95
K2O
1.34
1.40
1.67
1.45
1.34
1.64
1.61
CaO
23.4
20.0
16.2
13.3
20.8
15.5
9.38
TiO2
0.61
0.56
0.65
0.90
0.71
0.90
0.57
MnO
0.13
0.10
0.07
0.07
0.13
0.10
0.08
Fe2O3
5.77
5.77
4.52
5.92
7.94
7.05
5.78
CuO
0.10
0.11
0.04
0.24
0.12
0.05
0.05
ZnO
0.29
0.35
0.23
0.68
0.45
0.32
0.20
BaO
0.15
0.14
0.20
0.27
0.20
–
0.15
Tab.3 Chemical composition of bottom ash determined by XRF (unit: wt.%)
Fig.1 Heavy metal content of bottom ash
waste
As
Cd
Cr
Cu
Pb
Zn
plastics
0.18
3.6
2.3
1
7
16
textiles
–
0.02
4.3
2
5
27
plastic film
–
–
0.2
3
2
1.2
paper
–
–
–
0.1
0.2
1.0
power cords
0.03
–
1.3
9399
37
3.0
sponge
0.02
–
0.7
22
12
21
electric circuit boards
0.06
2.5
1.5
1193
37
35
cans
–
–
0.1
6
0.1
0.5
rubber
0.14
0.3
4.7
12
10
98
wood
–
0.6
–
11
31
155
residuals
–
–
19.4
10787
75
1809.5
total
0.43
7.02
34.5
21436.1
216.3
2167.2
Tab.4 Metal content of shredded bulky waste [21–23]
Fig.2 Chlorine content of bottom ash from different MSW incineration plants
Fig.3 XRD patterns of seven bottom ash samples
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