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Effect of Sintering Temperature on the Properties and Leaching of Incinerator Bottom Ash

Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

Christopher R. Cheeseman

Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK, c.cheeseman{at}ic.ac.uk

Christopher J. Sollars

Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

The fine particle size fraction of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash is often problematic because reuse applications for this material are limited. In these experiments incinerator bottom ash with a particle size of less than 8 mm was processed using conventional ceramic production techniques involving wet milling, drying, compacting and sintering. The effect of sintering temperature on the sintered density, microstructure, acid neutralization capacity (ANC) and the release of metal ions as a function of leachate pH are reported. Sintering at 1080 °C produced samples with maximum density. This material contained diopside (CaMgSi₂O₆), clinoenstatite (Mg₂Si₂O₆) and wollastonite (CaSiO₃) as the major crystalline phases. The acid neutralization capacity of sintered samples is significantly lower than milled bottom ash, and further reduces as the sintering temperature increases. This is associated with reduced leaching of Ca from sintered ash samples under all leachate pH conditions. Heavy metals present in the incinerator bottom ash included Cr, Cu, Ni, Zn, Cd and Pb. Sintering under optimum conditions reduced the leachable fraction of these metals under aggressive acid conditions (leachate pH 3) by factors ranging from 90% for Ni to greater than 99% for Cr, Cd, Zn and Pb.

Key Words: Incinerator bottom ash • sintering • ceramic processing • diopside • leaching • wmr 644-8

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 22, No. 4, 255-264 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X04045426


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