Combustion and reaction

Heavy Metal Migration Characteristics of Co-Combustion between Sewage Sludge and High Alkaline Coal on Circulating Fluidized Bed

  • LI Yaode ,
  • YANG Dong ,
  • ZHOU Xihong ,
  • DONG Le ,
  • SUO Lihui ,
  • SUN Wenbo
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China 
    2. College of Energy & Power Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132000, China

Online published: 2023-12-04

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52076172).

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Science Press, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022

Abstract

The migration characteristics of heavy metals in co-combustion of sewage sludge and high alkali coal in circulating fluidized bed were studied by experiments and simulations. Temperature plays a crucial role in thermodynamic equilibrium distribution and migration characteristics of heavy metals. At the temperature range of 700°C–1200°C, Hg is completely gaseous and the proportion of Pb, Ni, and Cd in the gas phase is also high. As is mainly elemental in the system, and the proportion of Cr in the solid phase is large. Zn compounds are diverse and mostly solid materials. The volatility of Cu is not strong, and it will become gaseous when the temperature exceeds 1700°C. The proportion of heavy metals in the gas phase decreases as the excess air ratio increases. In an oxygen-rich atmosphere, most of Zn and Ni are converted to oxides; Pb and Cd are converted to crystalline silicate; Cu is converted to partial aluminate; Cr compound is decomposed to form Cr2O3; they are good for the solidification and controlling of heavy metals. The elemental Hg is converted to HgCl2 and the elemental As is converted to AsCl3. Temperature also has a great influence on the volatilization rate of heavy metals. The higher the temperature, the shorter the time they reach the maximum volatility.

Cite this article

LI Yaode , YANG Dong , ZHOU Xihong , DONG Le , SUO Lihui , SUN Wenbo . Heavy Metal Migration Characteristics of Co-Combustion between Sewage Sludge and High Alkaline Coal on Circulating Fluidized Bed[J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2022 , 31(6) : 2178 -2188 . DOI: 10.1007/s11630-022-1695-5

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