Effect of co-incineration of sludge with MSW: Evolution characteristics of coarse ash particles and associated de novo synthesis of dioxin--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Zhu, R., & Huang, Y. (2025). Effect of co-incineration of sludge with MSW: Evolution characteristics of coarse ash particles and associated de novo synthesis of dioxin. Particuology, 100, 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2025.03.014

Effect of co-incineration of sludge with MSW: Evolution characteristics of coarse ash particles and associated de novo synthesis of dioxin

Runru Zhu^{a b}, Yun Huang^{a b *}

a State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
b School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

10.1016/j.partic.2025.03.014

Volume 100, May 2025, Pages 157-165

Received 23 January 2025, Revised 19 March 2025, Accepted 19 March 2025, Available online 27 March 2025, Version of Record 4 April 2025.

E-mail: yunhuang@ipe.ac.cn

Highlights

• Coarse ash particle evolution process of MSWI is successfully predicted.

• Co-incineration has little effect on the distribution characteristics of fly ash.

• Carbon content of coarse ash particles is sensitive to parameter changes.

• Increased carbon content of ash increases the probability of dioxins formation.

Abstract

This paper aims to report the evolution characteristics of the coarse ash particles generated from the co-incineration of municipal solid waste with other wastes, e.g. sewage sludge, to suggest suitable operational strategies to handle the side effects. By using an evolution model which addresses the mechanism of char combustion, volatile-induced fragmentation, and the transformation of included and excluded minerals particles, the coarse ash particle evolution process in the waste incinerator is successfully predicted. By comparing with in-situ measurement data of a 200 t/d forward grate MSW incinerator, the predicted total particle concentration is 275.7 mg/Nm³, and the relative difference is about 4.2 %. Although the variation in flue gas parameters has little effect on the distribution characteristics of coarse ash particles from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI), the carbon content of coarse ash particles is more sensitive to flue parameter change. Due to the tight relationship between the PCDD/Fs and the carbon content of ash particles under the mechanism of the de novo synthesis, the increase in carbon concentration caused by the co-incineration of low-calorific value waste will increase the probability of the PCDD/Fs formation.

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Keywords

MSWI; Co-incineration; Ash particle; Dioxin; Grate furnace; Sludge

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