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Analysis of the heavy metals (As, Pb, Cu, Zn) by leaching and sequential extraction procedure from a municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash co-processing cement kiln plant

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The municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash has been a major problem with the rapid development of the cities in China. And the cement rotary kiln co-processing technique is accepted as an effective method to dispose detrimental heavy metals in MSWI fly ash. This study focused on presented the total leaching content and the morphological distribution of the heavy metals in cement solid samples doped with MSWI fly ash. These samples were collected from a MSWI fly ash co-processing cement rotary kiln plant. The leaching test and the sequential extraction procedure were adopted to measure the migration characteristic of As, Pb, Cu, and Zn. In addition, the leachability of clinker samples under different simulated environmental conditions was also detected to analyze the security of the cement product doped with MSWI fly ash. This work demonstrates the feasibility of the cement rotary kiln MSWI fly ash co-processing technique and provides a scientific guidance to related plant.

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Authors appreciate the constructive suggestions from reviewers and editors that helped improve this paper.

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This research was financed by National Key R&D Program of China 2020YFB0606304. This work was supported by grants from the Beijing Building Materials Group (BBMG). And we would like to acknowledge the support of the BBMG Liushui Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. during the experimental of this study.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Reuse for Building Materials, Beijing Building Materials Academy of Science Research, Beijing, 100041, China

    Nan Yang, Zhimeng Ge, Aihong Li, Yinming Li, Ye Zhang, Qianjin Shen, Tuqiang Wang, Xueqian Wu, Jianping Guo & Zhaojia Wang

  2. BBMG Liushui Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China

    Baiyong Wei & Xiangdong Cao

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Yang, N., Ge, Z., Li, A. et al. Analysis of the heavy metals (As, Pb, Cu, Zn) by leaching and sequential extraction procedure from a municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash co-processing cement kiln plant. Environ Monit Assess 194, 353 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09976-9

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