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Use of lignite fly ash as an additive in alkaline stabilisation and pasteurisation of wastewater sludge
- Source :
- Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy. 21:448-458
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2003.
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Abstract
- In this study, the possibility of using lignite fly ash in low doses for reducing the pathogen levels in wastewater sludge was investigated. The results showed that using fly ash alone in doses of 40%, 80% and 120% (on a dry weight basis), did not produce an alkaline environment for an efficient removal of pathogens. However, using fly ash in conjunction with the minimum amount of quicklime may act as an effective way of fecal coliform removal in both alkaline stabilisation and pasteurisation processes. It was shown that using fly ash in doses of 80% and 120% in alkaline stabilisation and pasteurisation processes prevented the pH decays and regrowth of pathogens during 60 days of storage period. The results of the study confirmed that alkaline pasteurisation process produces a product which is more resistant to pH decays and regrowth of fecal coliforms compared to that of alkaline stabilisation. Consequently, the overall results of this study indicated that the minimum lime and fly ash dosages required to generate a Class B biosolid were 10-15% and 80%, respectively. On the other hand, heating sludge to 50°C prior to the addition of 10-15% quicklime and 80% fly ash followed by further heating to 70°C and then sustaining at this temperature for 30 minutes were sufficient to generate a Class A biosolid.
- Subjects :
- Quicklime
Lignite fly ash
Alkalinity
Storage
Pasteurization
Wastewater treatment
Incineration
Sludge
Waste Disposal, Fluid
law.invention
Engineering
Biosolid
law
Lignite
Sewage sludge
Bacteria (microorganisms)
Alkaline medium
Fecal coliform
Priority journal
Lime
Waste water management
Waste management
pH
Chemistry
Wastewater sludge
Low dose
Temperature
Calcium oxide
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Pulp and paper industry
Pollution
pH effects
Waste treatment
Coal
Fraxinus
Pathogens
Microorganism
Environmental Engineering
Torrefaction
Sewage
Wood
Industrial Waste
Fly ash
Dry weight
Environment
engineering.material
Concentration response
complex mixtures
Coal Ash
Article
Coliform bacterium
Water Purification
Heating
Enterobacteriaceae
Alkaline stabilisation
Environmental sciences and ecology
Sludge treatment
Bacterial growth
Intermethod comparison
fungi
Wmr 676-3
Additives
Engineering, environmental
Lime-stabilization
Nonhuman
Carbon
Alkaline pasteurisation
Environmental sciences
Disinfection
High temperature procedures
engineering
Particulate Matter
Sludge stabilization
Controlled study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10963669 and 0734242X
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bae88137fe12dfc799c828562d128230