<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In quantitative terms, sludge produced in the process of municipal wastewater treatment represents a small part of the total waste generated in municipal sources - its quantity represents only a few percent of the generated mass of municipal waste. However, the threats it brings, do not allow it to be neglected while designing the wastewater treatment process. At the same time, with increasing requirements regarding the quality of sewage discharged into the environment, there is an increase in the amount of sludge produced in wastewater treatment processes. In recent years, the share of thermal treatment of municipal sewage sludge has risen sharply - about 12 modern sludge incineration plants have been built and construction of new ones is considered. During more than a four-year operation of the sewage sludge incineration plant in the Combined Sewage Treatment Plant in Lodz (GOS) a large ammonia emission from the combustion process was observed. So, a decision was taken to examine this process. The paper presents results of ammonia emission from the combustion of sewage sludge from GOS as a function of temperature.</p></abstract>

In quantitative terms, sludge produced in the process of municipal wastewater treatment represents a small part of the total waste generated in municipal sources - its quantity represents only a few percent of the generated mass of municipal waste. However, the threats it brings, do not allow it to be neglected while designing the wastewater treatment process. At the same time, with increasing requirements regarding the quality of sewage discharged into the environment, there is an increase in the amount of sludge produced in wastewater treatment processes. In recent years, the share of thermal treatment of municipal sewage sludge has risen sharply - about 12 modern sludge incineration plants have been built and construction of new ones is considered. During more than a four-year operation of the sewage sludge incineration plant in the Combined Sewage Treatment Plant in Lodz (GOS) a large ammonia emission from the combustion process was observed. So, a decision was taken to examine this process. The paper presents results of ammonia emission from the combustion of sewage sludge from GOS as a function of temperature.

Ammonia Emission from Sewage Sludge Incineration Process

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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In quantitative terms, sludge produced in the process of municipal wastewater treatment represents a small part of the total waste generated in municipal...

Ammonia Emission from Sewage Sludge Incineration Process

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Dez. 2016

Seitenbereich: 665 - 675

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2016-0047

Schlüsselwörter
ammonia, ammonia emission, sewage sludge, emission from combustion

© 2016 Grzegorz Wielgosiński et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ammonia Emission from Sewage Sludge Incineration Process

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Dez. 2016

Seitenbereich: 665 - 675

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2016-0047

Schlüsselwörterammonia, ammonia emission, sewage sludge, emission from combustion

© 2016 Grzegorz Wielgosiński et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
ammonia, ammonia emission, sewage sludge, emission from combustion