At higher temperatures, a faster removal rate was observed for all the compounds. The removal pattern of the individual organics correlated with their respective Henry's law coefficients. ![]() For 4-nitrophenol and nitrobenzene, the removal rate decreased as the amount remaining in sludge diminished. Removal of phenol was approximately proportional to moisture removal from the sludge. The removal of organics took place in three distinct phases: a high removal in the initial phase, a sudden drop in the intermediate phase, and an increase in the final phase. Drying sludge to more than 90% solids content caused complete removal of all of the organic compounds. The selected semivolatile organic compounds showed a high affinity to remain adsorbed in the thickened sludge. The concentrations of the organics were determined from high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. ![]() Methanol was used as the solvent for extraction of compounds from both the dried sludge and the condensate. ![]() The exhaust air from the furnace was condensed in a glass condenser. The thickened sludge samples were heat dried in a tube furnace at different temperatures with a constant airflow rate. Selected organic compounds were spiked in the sludge collected from a wastewater treatment plant. The fate of semivolatile organic compounds was studied during heat drying of mixed primary and waste-activated sludge.
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