Pyrolysis of sewage sludge as an alternative to incineration

0570712 - ÚCHP 2024 RIV JP eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Hušek, Matěj - Moško, Jaroslav - Pohořelý, Michael
Pyrolysis of sewage sludge as an alternative to incineration.
Abstract book. 2023, s. 215-216.
[The 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management /9./ - online. Kyoto (JP), 13.03.2023-18.03.2023]
R&D Projects: GA MZe(CZ) QK21020022
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/3
Program: StrategieAV
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : sewage sludge * pyrolysis * organic pollutants
OECD category: Energy and fuels

Sewage sludge, the material resulting from wastewater treatment, contains nutrients, organic matter, and a range of pollutants such as heavy metals, pathogens, microplastics, or organic pollutants (pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors including hormones, PAHs, POPs, or PFASs) (Hušek et al., 2022a). The presence of these pollutants limits their direct use on agricultural land or compost production. In 2022 the JRC of the European Commission in the document Screening risk assessment of organic pollutants and environmental impacts from sewage sludge management stated that Only incineration at high temperatures ensures that all organic priority pollutants are effectively removed (Huygens et al., 2022). However, there are other technologies for
sludge thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis, which are alternatives to incineration, but a demonstration of the suitability for the removal of organic contaminants is required.
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