Emissions of metals and organics from municipal waste-water sludge incinerators. Volume 2. Site 1 final emission-test report. Final report, 1987-90

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5548309

Knisley, D R; Lamb, L M; Smith, A M

The Site I plant treats 36MGD of wastewater and the blended primary/secondary sludge is dewatered to approximately 16 to 20 percent solids. Sludge is incinerated by a six-hearth unit at approximately 6.0 wet tons per hour. Emissions are controlled by a three tray impingement scrubber using either a mixture of primary and secondary effluent or just secondary effluent as the scrubber liquor. Tests were conducted to determine particulate, metals, and organic parameters of sludge, inlet scrubber water, and scrubber exhaust gases. Lead was the most prominent metal emission while beryllium was below the detection limit in the flue gas. Chromium had the highest concentrations in the sludge and arsenic was below the detection limit. All target volatile organics were detected in the flue gas samples, while only 2 of the 14 species were detected in sludge feed and scrubber water samples. The most concentrated species found in the flue gas were benzene, acrylonitrile and tetrachloroethane. Only four of the target semi-volatile organics were found in the flue gas samples while none were found in sludge feed and scrubber water samples. Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and three dichlorobenzenes were the compounds detected.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5548309
• Report Number(s): PB-91-151498/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-02-6999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ACRYLONITRILE
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
BERYLLIUM
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
COMBUSTION
CONTROL
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
GAS ANALYSIS
GASEOUS WASTES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
MATTER
METALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NITRILES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PHTHALATES
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY CONTROL
SCRUBBERS
SEMIMETALS
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER