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Effect of drying on leaching testing of treated municipal solid waste incineration APC-residues

Institute of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Jiri Hyks

Institute of Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Thomas Astrup

Institute of Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Thomas H. Christensen

Institute of Environment & Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, thc{at}er.dtu.dk

Air-pollution-control (APC) residues from waste incinerators are hazardous waste according to European legislation and must be treated prior to landfilling. Batch and column leaching data determine which type of landfill can receive the treated APC-residues. CEN standards are prescribed for the batch and column leaching test; however, these standards do not specify whether or not the residue samples should be dried prior to the leaching testing. Laboratory tests were performed in parallel (dried/nondried) on treated APC-residue samples and evaluated with respect to Cr, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn leaching. The effect of drying of the wet APC-residue samples was particularly dramatic regarding the leaching of Cr. Drying resulted in 10—100 times more Cr leaching in both batch and columns test. Drying also affected the leaching of Cd, Cu and Pb. Initial Cd leaching was up to 100 times higher in column tests with dried APC-residue than in tests with wet residues. The effect of drying appeared to be a combination of decreasing the reduction capacity of the sample (Cr), decreasing pH (Cd, Cu) and in column tests also a wash-out of salts (probably affecting Cd and Pb). If the leaching tests are intended to mimic landfill conditions, the results of this paper suggest that the tests should be done on wet, non-dried residue samples, although this may be less practical than testing dried samples.

Key Words: Leaching test • leaching procedures • batch leaching • column leaching • APC-residues • wmr 1179—5

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 26, No. 4, 400-405 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07082340


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