Coleaching behavior of lead of incineration ash waste mixtures

Abstract

In this paper, the authors reported the coleaching behavior of lead of incineration ash waste mixtures, i.e., fabric filter residues [called fly ash (FA)] and semidry scrubber residues [called reaction product (RP)]. The leaching potential of lead metal of those mixtures was estimated by toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) with acidic extractant. And it was found to be under the controls of dissolution rate and interparticulate interactions. The author has developed a linear regression equation to fit the coleaching behavior well, the equation is basing on the chemical compositions of (RP/FA) mixtures. The impact of this study is that the leaching toxicity of mixture could be reduced to be nonhazardous, just only to adjust the mixing ratio of these two ash wastes. And the authors are able to use these ash wastes for wider recycling applications without any intermediate stabilization treatment.