Abstract
A new technology was recently developed for municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash stabilization, based on the employment of all waste and byproduct materials. In particular, the proposed method is based on the use of amorphous silica contained in rice husk ash (RHA), an agricultural byproduct material (COSMOS-RICE project). The obtained final inert can be applied in several applications to produce “green composites”. In this work, for the first time, a process for pre-treatment of rice husk, before its use in the stabilization of heavy metals, based on the employment of Instant Pressure Drop technology (DIC) was tested. The aim of this work is to verify the influence of the pre-treatment on the efficiency on heavy metals stabilization in the COSMOS-RICE technology. DIC technique is based on a thermomechanical effect induced by an abrupt transition from high steam pressure to a vacuum, to produce changes in the material. Two different DIC pre-treatments were selected and thermal annealing at different temperatures were performed on rice husk. The resulting RHAs were employed to obtain COSMOS-RICE samples, and the stabilization procedure was tested on the MSWI fly ash. In the frame of this work, some thermal treatments were also realized in O2-limiting conditions, to test the effect of charcoal obtained from RHA on the stabilization procedure. The results of this work show that the application of DIC technology into existing treatment cycles of some waste materials should be investigated in more details to offer the possibility to stabilize and reuse waste.
Highlights
Because of poor combustion efficiency and the lack of air pollution control systems, from its early beginning in the 1870s, waste incineration was considered a very large source of pollution [1]
We proposed the use of silica extracted from rice husk ash (RHA) for heavy metals stabilization of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash [4]
To evaluate the effect on heavy metals stabilization by a pre-treatment of rice husk, the employment of Instant Pressure Drop (DIC) technology [12] was proposed for the first time
Summary
Because of poor combustion efficiency and the lack of air pollution control systems, from its early beginning in the 1870s, waste incineration was considered a very large source of pollution [1]. Fly ash generated by the air pollution control systems are hazardous waste materials for which landfilling is still considered the most appropriate management strategy. This ash contains leachable toxic metals, as for example Pb and Zn [3]. We proposed the use of silica extracted from rice husk ash (RHA) for heavy metals stabilization of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash [4]. To evaluate the effect on heavy metals stabilization by a pre-treatment of rice husk, the employment of Instant Pressure Drop (DIC) technology [12] was proposed for the first time. TThhee aaiimm ooff tthhiiss pprroojjeecctt iiss ttoo oobbttaaiinn aa ssaaffee fifilllleerr tthhaatt ccaann bbee aapppplliieedd iinn sseevveerraall aapppplliiccaattiioonn,,ttoopprorodduuccee“g“grereenencocmompopsoisteitse”s.”T. hTihsips ipoinoeneereinrigngwowrokrekxepxloprleosretshethveiavbiialibtiyliotyf aopf paplypinlyginDgICDItCecthencohlnooglyogtoy ptorep-trree‐atrteoatthoetrhwerawsteasttyepteysp. es
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