Solidification of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash with cement and its leaching behaviors of heavy metals

Abstract

The solidifying effect of cement addition on municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWFA for short, collected from the gas exhaust system of MSW incinerator), the interaction of MSWFA with cement and water and the leaching of heavy metals from cement-solidified MSWFA are investigated. The main results show that: (1) when MSWFA is mixed with cement and water, H2 evolution, the formation and volume expansion of AFt will take place, the volume expansion can be reduced by ground rice husk ash addition; (2) heavy metals do leach from cement-solidified MSWFA and at lower pH more leaching will occur; (3) compared with cement—solidified fly ash, the leachate of solidified MSWFA is with higher heavy metal contents; (4) with the increment of cement addition leached heavy metals are decreased; and (5) concentrations of Zn, Mn, Cu and Cd in all the leachates can meet the relevant Standards of Japan, but as the regulations for soil and groundwater protection of Japan are concerned, precautions against the leaching of Pb, Cl− and Cr6+ and so on are needed.