Municipal sludge treatment and disposal;dry sludge;co-combustion

Categories:
Categories:
Unit processes/End-of-life treatment/Waste water treatment
Location:
CN - China
Reference year: -
Description

Several typical sludge treatment facilities in China, representing anaerobic digestion, composting, co-combustion, thermal drying-incineration, and cement production, respectively, are selected to carry out the inventory. Data are mainly taken from the site-specific measurement, either by field survey or by operation report. Sludge characteristics are based on the average values of the sites investigated. Users of this data should consider the specific context of the co-combustion process when applying this data set. The functional unit of 1 ton dry sludge (1 t-DS) must be consistently used in LCA models. Attention should be paid to the energy mix and the emissions associated with the co-combustion process. It is essential to consider the regional variations in waste composition and energy infrastructure.

Technology

The dewatered sludge, with a moisture content of 78%, is mixed with coal at a ratio of 24% for co-combustion.23 The chosen power plant is of fluidized bed type. Sludge and coal are combusted at 850 °C, and exhaust gases from the combustion chamber are used for electricity generation. Twenty percent of the produced electricity is required to meet the input energy demand; with the remaining delivered to the city’s power grid.

Process type
Unit
LCI modeling approach
Unknown
Multifunctional modeling
NONE
Format
ILCD
Aggregation type
NOT_APPLICABLE
Data provider
TianGong
Review status
Internal
Cost
Free
Contact
Tiangong LCI Data Working Group