Isothermal drying kinetics of sewage sludge using weathered coal fly ash as adjuvant for agronomic application.

Abstract:

:This study aims to evaluate the effect of weathered coal fly ash (CFA) as a drying adjuvant of sewage sludge (SS) to produce a soil amendment. The high amount of SS and CFA creates a complex waste management problem in many countries, requiring more research efforts. Towards a circular economy, CFA can be viewed as an anthropogenic inorganic by-product with valuable nutrients (e.g. K), which can be recovered in combination with SS (rich in organic matter, N, and P). Different temperatures (70, 85, 100, 115, and 130 °C) are tested to dry small SS cylinders, without and with 0.15 g CFA g-1 of SSwet basis (wb). By fitting appropriate models to the experimental drying curves, it is possible to observe an improvement of 1-17% in the diffusion coefficient and 7-19% in the kinetic constants, using CFA. The best drying conditions are achieved with CFA as an adjuvant at 130 °C, where the drying rate is 31.61 gH2O kg-1 SSwb min-1. Phytotoxicity and growth assays are performed to evaluate the effect of the produced materials in the soil. The product with SS and CFA shows the potential to improve soil condition due to (i) the organic matter, N, P, and K content, (ii) the lower phytotoxic effect when compared to raw SS; (iii) the soil pH correction. Thus, not only the addition of weathered CFA facilitates the drying of SS but also the final product has benefits to soil conditions.

journal_name

Environ Technol

journal_title

Environmental technology

authors

Gomes LA,Santos AF,Lopes RJA,Góis JC,Quina MJ

doi

10.1080/09593330.2019.1700311

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-12-09 00:00:00

pages

1-11

eissn

0959-3330

issn

1479-487X

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