Characterization of Malaysian domestic sewage sludge for conversion into fuels for energy recovery plants

2011 National Postgraduate Conference Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI:10.1109/NATPC.2011.6136402

A. Abbas, A. Ibrahim, M. Nor, M. Aris

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Sewage sludge is one of the largest contributors of waste material in Malaysia, and it indirectly elevates local environmental problems. The use of this waste material as an alternative fuel can be an effective solution, as it not only contributes as an energy source but also solves environmental issues related to sewage sludge disposal. To support the development of a fuel source from sewage sludge, a characterization procedure for its energy content and chemical composition becomes very important. The preliminary findings reported in this paper, for Malaysian domestic wastewater sewage sludge, found the following properties through the respective experiments: a) proximate analysis (moisture content 12%, volatile matter 48.86%, fixed carbon 19.32% and ash content 31.86%), ultimate analysis (Carbon 33.01%, Hydrogen 4.97%, Nitrogen 5.52% and Sulfur 1.18%) and bomb calorimeter (heating value 15.7 MJ/kg). An earlier developed empirical equation for predicting the heating value of domestic sewage sludge was validated with the experimental results from the current work and found to be in good agreement. The heating value of Malaysian sewage sludge can therefore be predicted with reasonable accuracy for the design of various energy conversion systems.

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马来西亚生活污水污泥转化为能源回收厂燃料的特性

污水污泥是马来西亚最大的废物来源之一，它间接加剧了当地的环境问题。使用这种废物作为替代燃料是一种有效的解决方案，因为它不仅有助于作为能源来源，而且还解决了与污水污泥处理有关的环境问题。为了支持从污水污泥中开发燃料源，其能量含量和化学成分的表征过程变得非常重要。本文报告的初步研究结果，针对马来西亚生活污水污泥，通过分别实验，得出了以下特性:a)近似分析(水分含量12%，挥发物48.86%，固定碳19.32%，灰分31.86%)，最终分析(碳33.01%，氢4.97%，氮5.52%，硫1.18%)和弹量热计(热值15.7 MJ/kg)。前期建立的预测生活污泥热值的经验方程与本工作的实验结果进行了验证，结果吻合较好。因此，可以合理准确地预测马来西亚污水污泥的热值，用于设计各种能量转换系统。

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