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Journld ofEnvironmcnud Sciences 2010,22(5)760-768 JOURNAL OF 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 

ISSN lOO1-0742 CN 1 l-2629,X 

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Investigation of heavy metal partitioning influenced by flue gas moisture and chlorine content during waste incineration 

Qinghai Li,Aihong Meng,Jinyan Jia,Yanguo Zhang Department ofThermal Engineering,Key Laboratoryfor Thermal Science and Power Engineering ofthe Ministry ofEducation ofChina, Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China.E-mail:liqh@tsinghua.edu.cn 

Received 17 July 2009;revised 1 January 2010;accepted 18 January 2010 

Abstract The impact of moisture on the partitioning of the heavy metals including Pb,Zn,Cu and Cd in municipal solid waste(MSW) was studied in a laboratory tubular furnace.A thermod ̄rnamic investigation using CHEMKIN software was performed to compare the experimental results.Simulated waste,representative of typical MSW with and without chlorine compounds,was burned at the background temperature of 700 and 950。C,respectively.In the absence of chlorine,the moisture content has no evident effect on the volatility of Pb。Zn and Cu at either 700 or 950。C,however,as flue gas moisture increasing the Cd distribution in the bottom ash increased at 700。C and reduced at 950。C,respectively.In the presence of chlorine,the flue gas moisture reduced the volatili哆of Pb, Zn and Cu due to血e transformation of the more volatile metal chlorides into less volatile metal oxides.and the reduction becalne significant as chlorine content increase.For Cd,the chlorine promotes its volatility through the formation of more volatile CdC12.As a result.the increased moisture content increases the Pb,Zn,Cu and Cd concentrations in the bottom ash,which limits the utilization of the bottom ash as a construction materia1.Therefore,in order to accumulate heavy metals into the fly ash,MSW should be dried before 

incineration. 

Key words:heavy metals;partitioning;moisture;chlorine;municipal solid waste incineration DOI:10.1016/S1001—0742(09)60174—1 

Introduction Incineration plays an important role in municipal solid waste(MSW)management.In China,MSW heating value is generally low and the moisture content is high(Chen et a1..2008).The high moisture in the MSW and flue gas strongly influences the combustion(Saito et a1.,2001)and pollutant emissions(Li et a1.,2008,2009).The drying behaviors.of MSW have been experimentally investigated (Zhang。2007a)for reducing the moisture content in the MSW and flue gas to maintain stable combustion. Moreover,Jiang et a1.(2007)reported that bottom ash contained more thall 80%of Cu,74%—94%of Zn,27%一 53%of Cd.and 46%—79%Of Pb,and fly ash contained 6.93%-29.18%of C1 and 4.48%-24.84%of Si02.Since the heavy metal emissions during MSW incineration were strictly regulated,a great amount of attention has been paid on the partitioning of the heavy metals during MS;W incineration(Vernet,1991;Zhang et a1.,2008a).The factors affecting element behaviors in MS:W incinerators were investigated by Belevi and Moench(2000).The effect of sulfur and chlorine compounds on Cd partition- ing has also been studied(Zhang et a1.,2008b,2007b; Chen et a1.,2008).The complex transfer processes in the Corresponding author.E—mail:zhangyg@tsinghua.edu.ca fumaces of MSW incinerators are usually simulated in tubular furnaces(Wochele and Stucki,1999;Tan et a1., 2007)Which are also extensively used in heavy metals partitioning studies due to their simplicity and repeatability (Chiang et a1.,1997;W抽g et a1.,200l;Zhao et a1., 2004).Therefore,the tubular furnace was an experimental approach to investigate the effects of flue gas moisture and MSW chlorine content on the heavy metal partitioning during waste incineration. An equilibrium analysis is another effective approach for explaining qualitatively the general behavior of most metals(Abanadeseta1.,2002;Taneta1.,2007).Thechem. istry and volatility ofheavy metals such as Cd,Cu,Pb and Zn in the grate MSW.fired incinerator were extensively investigated using equilibrium calculations.Moff et a1. (2000)found no evident impact of moisture on me heavy metal partitioning in an actual incinerator.However,Zhao et a1.(2004)showed that increasing moisture reduced the volatilization of Pb and Zn which agreed wim calculated results of Verhulst et a1.(1996).The calculated result also showed that moisture could intensify PbCl2 transformation into PbO to reduce the Pb distribution in the fly ash by using thermodynamic equilibrium calculations(Durlak et a1.,1997).In addition,chlorine may augment the moisture influence,as a result,the partitioning of higher volatile