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Lysimeter Washing of Msw Incinerator Bottom Ash

J.A. Stegemann

Wastewater Technology Centre, P. O. Box 5068, Burlington, Ontario, L7R 4L7, Canada

J. Schneider

Laboratorium für Isopentechnik, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

B.W. Baetz

Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada

K.L. Murphy

Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada

Stockpiled municipal waste incinerator bottom ash is frequently considered for utilization as a construction material. Two 360 kg lysimeter experiments were conducted to study percolation washing of contaminants from stockpiled MSW bottom ash. One lysimeter was leached with a concentrated sodium hydroxide solution, as a possible pre-treatment for improvement of the bottom ash characteristics prior to utilization, while the other was leached using distilled water. The lysimeter leachate was analysed, and at the end of the 2-year leaching period, the bottom ash from each lysimeter was subjected to several laboratory tests to assess the effect of the treatments. The laboratory tests showed that distilled water leachability of both treated ashes was an order of magnitude lower than that of fresh ash, but long-term contaminant leachability under acidic conditions had not changed. Although alkaline washing clearly resulted in greater contaminant removal than did distilled water washing, the chemical properties of the alkaline-leached bottom ash were not significantly different from those of the water-leached ash.

Key Words: Municipal solid waste • incinerator bottom ash • lysimeter • column • alkaline washing • leaching • metals • chlorides • sulphate.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, 149-165 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9501300205
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