Residual and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in fly ash from co-combustion of excess sludge and coal

Abstract Co-combustion of municipal excess sludge (ES) and coal provides an alternative method for disposing ES. The present study aims to investigate the residual and ecological risk of heavy metals in fly ash from co-combustion of ES and coal. The total concentration and speciation distribution of...

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Autores principales: Yao Tang, Jingshi Pan, Biqing Li, Suying Zhao, Liguo Zhang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/0d8a735e2ad54c6387d14b06b83cde10
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Sumario:Abstract Co-combustion of municipal excess sludge (ES) and coal provides an alternative method for disposing ES. The present study aims to investigate the residual and ecological risk of heavy metals in fly ash from co-combustion of ES and coal. The total concentration and speciation distribution of heavy metals, characterization of SEM, EDX, XRD and leaching test were carried out to assess the fly ash in this study. The results showed that the total concentrations of Cu, Zn and Mn were higher than others in fly ash, and most heavy metals were concentrated in fine particles. For Cd, Cr and Pb, the percentages of speciation of F4 and F5 were all over 90%, suggesting the relatively lower leaching toxicity. The leaching percent of all heavy metals was lower than 5% by two diluted HNO3 solutions for fly ash. The potential ecological risks increased with the decrease of particle size of fly ash, and Cd accounted for the main fraction for ecological risk despite of lower concentration in comparison to other measured heavy metals.