Problems with Solidification of Fly Ashes from the Municipal Solid Waste Incineration

Abstract:

One of the negative aspects of MSW (municipal solid waste) incineration is production of hazardous fly ashes. MSW fly ash usually contains heavy metals like for example chromium, lead, cadmium and organic substances (dioxins, furans), soluble compounds (salts) and other harmful substances. According to environmental legislative and with respect to the environment fly ash as a hazardous waste should be stabilized before landfilling. This work deals with certain problems occurring at solidification process of MSW fly ash by cementation. This work also describes efficiency of stabilization by two different binders (slag cement and waste containing alumina and silica). Leachability tests by TCLP (toxicity characteristic leaching procedure) and compressive strength of original and solidified samples by use of uniaxial pressing were studied in order to find suitable parameters for effective stabilization.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 832)
• Pages: 31-38
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.832.31
• Online since: April 2016
• Authors: Andrea Miškufová*, Alexandra Medvecová, Anna Kochmanová, Dušan Olčák, Viktor Hronský
• Keywords: Chlorides, Fly Ash, Incineration, Lead, Municipal Solid Waste, Solidification, TCLP

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