Thermogravimetric study for the co-combustion of coal and dried sewage sludge

Jeong Min Park; Sangin Keel; Jinhan Yun; Ji Hye Yun; Sang-Sup Lee

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.8, 2204-2210, August, 2017

DOI10.1007/s11814-017-0129-7 Export Citation

Thermogravimetric study for the co-combustion of coal and dried sewage sludge

Jeong Min Park, Sangin Keel¹, Jinhan Yun¹, Ji Hye Yun, and Sang-Sup Lee^†

Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
¹Environment Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Daejeon 34103, Korea

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The co-combustion of dried sewage sludge with coal is a promising method to dispose of and treat sewage sludge waste. Because sewage sludge has a different elemental composition than coal, the co-combustion of sewage sludge with coal may have different combustion characteristics than the single combustion of coal. In this study, the cocombustion of dried sewage sludge with coal was tested varying heating rates and mixing ratios of the dried sewage sludge. The results were analyzed using thermogravimetric (TG) and derivative thermogravimetric (DTG) curves and modeled using Ozawa-Flynn-Wall and Vyazovkin models. The mixed samples of coal and dried sewage sludge showed similar TG curves to the coal sample. The co-combustion showed activation energies close to that of the single coal combustion. This suggests that the co-combustion of coal and dried sewage sludge has similar combustion behavior to the single combustion of coal for mixing percentages of dried sewage sludge up to 20%.

Keywords:Dried Sludge;Co-combustion;TGA;Kinetics;Secondary Fuel

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[Referenced By]

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[2] Chung D, Lee JY, Kang JG, Lee MY, Yoon CW, Yoo HY, Rhee SS, Park KH, Shin SK, Oh GJ, NIER, 26 (2012)

[3] Kang JH, Kang JY, Lee SH, Kim BT, Lee NH, J. Organic Resource Recycling Association, 22, 11 (2014)

[4] Yang Z, Zhang Y, Liu L, Wang X, Zhang Z, Waste Manage., 50, 213 (2016)

[5] Yang Z, Zhang Y, Liu L, Seetharaman S, Wang X, Materials, 9, 275 (2016)

[6] Wang RK, Zhao ZH, Qiu LC, Liu JZ, Fuel Process. Technol., 156, 271 (2017)

[7] Kim MY, Kim JK, Lee HD, Kim SC, J. Appl. Chem., 13, 93 (2009)

[8] Otero M, Calvo LF, Gil MV, Garcia AI, Moran A, Bioresour. Technol., 99(14), 6311 (2008)

[9] Folgueras AB, Diaz RM, Xiberta J, Prieto I, Fuel, 82(15-17), 2051 (2003)

[10] Venkatesh M, Ravi P, Tewari SP, J. Phys. Chem. A, 117(40), 10162 (2013)

[11] Lee KD, Ryu TU, Park SW, J. Environ. Sci. Int., 22, 331 (2013)

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[13] Vyazovkin S, Wight CA, Thermochim. Acta, 340-341, 53 (1999)

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