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Addition of large amount of municipal sewage sludge as raw material in cement clinker production

Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 24, pages 27862–27869 (2017)Cite this article

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Two addition modes were used to explore the maximum addition of municipal sewage sludge as a raw material in cement clinker production. The clinker and cement product quality were determined by chemical analysis, cement quality testing, characterization of the clinker crystalline phases, and leaching tests. Municipal sewage sludge addition in the raw mix could be up to 30% based on the cement clinker moduli, and the cement quality met the P.O 42.5 cement standard (GB 175-2007). The amount of municipal sewage sludge added based on the direct addition mode should be less than 15% because of an insufficient early-term cement strength (third day). The leaching concentrations of heavy metals in all cements were below the threshold (GB 30760-2014) using the latest leaching procedure (GB 30810-2014). The municipal sewage sludge could be used with a high addition (30%) in the raw mix as a raw material in cement clinker production.

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The authors wish to thank the Science and Technology Planning Project from the Science and Technology Department in Zhejiang Province (2015C33025), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51608480), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China (LQ16E080001), Open Foundation of Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education of China (SWMES 2015-07), and the researchers at the Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling for their assistance during this project.

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Huang, M., Feng, H., Li, N. et al. Addition of large amount of municipal sewage sludge as raw material in cement clinker production. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 27862–27869 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9949-6

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Keywords

  • Municipal sewage sludge
  • Clinker
  • Leaching
  • Sintering
  • Addition mode