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A new co-processing mode of organic anaerobic fermentation liquid and municipal solid waste incineration fly ash
Jiazheng Zhang1, Yanpeng Mao1, Wenlong Wang1
1National Engineering Laboratory for Reducing Emissions from Coal Combustion, Engineering Research Center of Environmental Thermal Technology of Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Carbon Reduction and Resource Utilization, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250061, China.
Abstract:
A new co-processing mode of waste liquid from anaerobic fermentation of organic wastes and municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWI-FA) dechlorination is reported in this paper. Taking acetic acid, the most common organic acid in anaerobic fermentation systems, as the representative of anaerobic fermentation organic acids, the improvement of the dechlorination effect and the mechanism of washing MSWI-FA with low concentrations of organic acid lotion were explored. The chlorine content of MSWI-FA was reduced to 0.82% after the optimal process washing pretreatment. Three anaerobic fermentation waste liquids (AFWLs) were used to verify that the chlorine content of MSWI-FA could be reduced to less than 1%, and the dechlorination effect of brewery wastewater, which reduced the chlorine content of MSWI-FA to 0.91%, was the best at this. The influence of the washing process on MSWI-FA pyrolysis was reflected in the whole process. The release of chloride decreased and the weight loss was mainly due to the release of CO2. The melting point of MSWI-FA, washed by the optimal process, was reduced by nearly 30 ℃, and only 0.06% chlorine remained after calcination at 1100 ℃, which was extremely beneficial in reducing the release of trace elements in MSWI-FA during heat treatment, and for the preparation of cement raw meal.
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