Publication detail

Energy Utilization from Industrial Sludge Processing

STEHLÍK, P. ORAL, J. ŠIKULA, J. PUCHÝŘ, R. HAJNÝ, Z. MARTINÁK, P.

Original Title

Energy Utilization from Industrial Sludge Processing

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Pulp and paper plants produce large amount of sludge. Environmental problems connected with this waste were not solved satisfactorily in the past. Since land filling is not a suitable solution from environmental point of view thermal treatment process proved itself to be the most appropriate solution. A unit for thermal treatment with capacity more than 100 tons of wet sludge per day had been built in one large pulp and paper plant some years ago, located in a mining area. When built, this unit was quite modern. However, because of an increasing number of more and more sweeping environmental laws affecting the process industry, the unit required a complete retrofit. The retrofit has been realized in three stages. The first stage provided mainly means to cut down the emissions below the limits given by environmental legislation. Second stage can be characterized as "waste to energy" one. The third stage of retrofit consisted in substituting the currently used fuel by mining gas. The unit for thermal treatment of sludge after retrofit can be considered as one of the most up-to-date incinerators with a waste-to-energy system at present. Economic profitability, positive environmental impact and other beneficial features of the retrofit are clearly shown.

Keywords

Sludge, Energy Utilization

Authors

STEHLÍK, P.; ORAL, J.; ŠIKULA, J.; PUCHÝŘ, R.; HAJNÝ, Z.; MARTINÁK, P.

RIV year

2005

Released

12. 4. 2005

ISBN

0360-5442

Periodical

Energy

Year of study

30

Number

4

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1343

Pages to

1352

Pages count

9

BibTex

@article{BUT46697,
  author="Petr {Stehlík} and Jaroslav {Oral} and Jiří {Šikula} and Radim {Puchýř} and Zdeněk {Hajný} and Petr {Martinák}",
  title="Energy Utilization from Industrial Sludge Processing",
  journal="Energy",
  year="2005",
  volume="30",
  number="4",
  pages="1343--1352",
  issn="0360-5442"
}