Sludge industrial waste

Rotary Kiln Incinerators. The rotary kiln has been used to incinerate a large variety of Hquid and soHd industrial wastes. Any Hquid capable of being atomized by steam or air can be incinerated, as well as heavy tars, sludges, pallets, and filter cakes. This abiUty to accept diverse feeds is the outstanding feature of the rotary kiln and, therefore, this type of incinerator is often selected by the chemical and waste treatment industries. 

Secondary. Scrap material, industrial and municipal wastes, and sludges containing mercury are treated in much the same manner as ores to recover mercury. Scrap products are first broken down to Hberate metallic mercury or its compounds. Heating in retorts vaporizes the mercury, which upon cooling condenses to high purity mercury metal. Industrial and municipal sludges and wastes may be treated chemically before roasting. 

The wide range of types of paper products results in a variety of sludges. SoHd wastes result from several sources within the mill, eg, bark, sawdust, dirt, knots, pulpwood rejects, flyash, cinders, slag, and sludges. Sludges often are disposed of in combination with residuals from other sources. Approximately 300 kg of soHd waste per ton of finished product is generated by the pulp and paper industry. 

G. M. Shaul, R. J. Lieberman, C. R. Dempsey, and K. A. Dostal, "Eate of Azo Dyes in the Activated Sludge Process," presented at the 41st Annual Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., May 13—15, 1986. 

Major categories of industrial waste solidiflcation/stabilization systems are cement-based processes, pozzolanic processes (not including cement), thermoplastic techniques, organic polymer techniques, surface encapsulation techniques, and self-cementing techniques (for high calcium sulfate sludges). Vitrification (discussed previously) can also be considered a solidification process. 

Sludges from physical-chemical treatment of industrial waste streams containing heavy metals... 

A popular figure for sludge from average domestic sewage is an expected gas yield of one cuft. per capita per day. Industrial wastes, depending on their character may raise or lower this figure materially. 

Fluidized-bed process incinerators have been used mostly in the petroleum and paper industries, and for processing nuclear wastes, spent cook liquor, wood chips, and sewage sludge disposal. Wastes in any physical state can be applied to a fluidized-bed process incinerator. Au.xiliary equipment includes a fuel burner system, an air supply system, and feed systems for liquid and solid wastes. The two basic bed design modes, bubbling bed and circulating bed, are distinguished by the e.xtent to which solids are entrained from the bed into the gas stream. 

Phosphate is sometimes present in MU water sources (say, 1-2 ppm or more) usually as a result of field and factory run-off or from the deliberate addition as a city water threshold agent to prevent corrosion and deposition in the mains. The steady growth in the reuse of secondary water sources such as municipal and industrial waste waters means that phosphate is increasingly likely to be present in MU. If the phosphate remains undetected, it likely will scale and foul FW lines by forming amorphous calcium orthophosphate [tricalcium phosphate Caj(P04)2] sludge before it reaches the boiler section. 

Patzelt, R.R. and Hassick, D.E., Dewatering of steel-mill sludges by belt-press filtration, Section 13—Steel and Foundry Wastes, in Proceedings of the 39th Industrial Waste Conference, Purdue University, 469-485, 1984. 

Table 1 indicates primary pollutant sources and waste modes, and Table 2 indicates the primary and secondary sources and associated pollutants. The primary sources of soil contamination include land disposal of solid waste sludge and waste-water industrial activities and leakages and spills, primarily of petroleum products. The solid waste disposal sites include dumps, landfills, sanitary landfills, and secured landfills. 

METEX [Metal extraction] A process for extracting heavy metals from industrial waste waters by adsorption on activated sludge under anaerobic conditions. It is operated in an up-flow, cylindrical reactor with a conical separation zone at the top. Developed by Linde, originally for removing dissolved copper from winemaking wastes. First commercialized in 1987. 

Multiple feeds, e.g., pond feeds, sludge, biomass, industrial waste... 

The composition of industrial wastes varies depending on the industrial structure of a country or region. It consists of general rubbish, packaging, food wastes, acids, alkalis, oils, solvents, resins, paints, mine spoils and sludges. A proportion of the industrial waste is classified as hazardous waste because it contains materials that are presently or potentially hazardous to humans and other living organisms. 

Concentrations of NP and NPE calculated from both normal- (NP) and reversed-phase (RP) HPLC-FL analysis of wastewater and sludge samples from an industrial waste water plant [16]... 

Some experiences with olfactometric measurements in connection with odour abatement processes, mainly in sewage sludge and waste water treatment plants and in the fish meal industry, are presented. Studies have been carried out to calculate the efficiency of various odour reducing Methods. The additional information provided by the measurements was of practical use for the management of the process to improve odour reducing efficiency. 

In general the main sources of odour emission in Norway are fish meal plants, pulp and paper mills, and plants for the treatment of sewage sludge and waste water. Investigations have been carried out in these and other branches of the industry, i.e. the food industry. 

Disposal of solid wastes is a significant problem for the petrochemical industry. Waste solids include water treatment sludge, ashes, fly ash and incinerator residue, plastics, ferrous and nonferrous metals, catalysts, organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, filter cakes, and viscous solids. 

The 500 and 600 series methods provide parameters and conditions for the analysis of drinking water and wastewater, respectively. One method (EPA SW-846) is focused on the analysis of nearly all matrixes, including industrial waste, soil, sludge, sediment, and water-miscible and non-water-miscible wastes. It also provides for the analysis of groundwater and wastewater but is not used to evaluate compliance of public drinking water systems. 

Offshore dumping of dredge spoils, sewage sludge and industrial wastes Offshore industrial activities and accidents Mariculture Bilge pumping... 

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