Sewage Sludge Flow and Drying Characteristics in Paddle Dryers

Abstract:

Sewage sludge from wastewater treatment is being more and more produced in many countries. For sewage sludge disposal, drying operation is usually required and greatly energy-consuming. Paddle dryers, one kind of indirect dryers, are widely used in removing moisture of sewage sludge recently, but the design, to some extent, still depends on empirical and limited data. In this paper, we presented preliminary experimental results of sewage sludge drying based on a 3 m² paddle dryer prototype. The effects of thermal oil inlet temperature on outlet moisture content and mass flowrate of initial sludge are recorded and analyzed. A simple monotonic relation between mass flowrate of initial sludge and thermal oil inlet temperature does not exist. Besides, we performed the drying experiment of adding low-value biomass (rice husk) into wet sewage sludge. The results show that the drying performance is improved significantly.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volumes 334-335)
• Pages: 365-368
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.334-335.365
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Hou Lei Zhang, Xin Zhi Liu, Shu Guang Zhu, Bin Li
• Keywords: Additive, Drying, Flow, Paddle Dryer, Sewage Sludge

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