Validation of municipal sludge incineration in circulation fluidized bed boiler from a thermal power plant

Incineration of municipal sludge with coal was investigated in a circulation fluidized bed from a thermal power plant.The results show that sludge /coal mass ratio was adjustable between 0 and 0.3 in the circulating fluidized bed boiler according to customer demand.The operating condition of combustion temperature was over 850 ℃ and flue gas residence time was 2.59s under the conditions,which complied with the requirement of the flue gas residence time ( 2 s) at 850 ℃ as prescribed in the pollution control standard on the municipal solid waste incineration (GB18485—2001).The smoke concentrations import and export of the desulfurization tower were lower than the pre-mixing sludge concentration.The heavy metal content in fly ash met the standard limit (Cd 5 mg·kg-1,Pb 250 mg·kg-1) in acid soil of control standards of pollutants in fly ash for agricultural use,and the fly-ash burning-loss amount met the Ⅱgrade quality requirements.Therefore,incineration of municipal sludge in the circulation fluidized bed was an effective way in municipal sludge treatment,which would finally achieve the safe disposal of sludge from local urban sewage plant.