Recycling and recovery routes for incinerated sewage sludge ash (ISSA): A review

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2328-2340

  Donatello, Shane ^a   Cheeseman, Christopher R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash characteristics; Ceramics; Phosphate recovery; Pozzolanic cements; Sewage sludge incineration; Sintered brick and tile

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; PHOSPHATE RECOVERY; POZZOLANIC CEMENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATIONS; SINTERED BRICKS;

BRICK; CLAY; GLASS CERAMICS; INCINERATION; PORTLAND CEMENT; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SINTERING;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CEMENT; CONCRETE; FERTILIZER; GLASS; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

AGGREGATE; ASH; CEMENT; CERAMICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; INCINERATION; MANUFACTURING; PHOSPHATE; RECYCLING; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE;

ASH; BUILDING MATERIAL; CERAMICS; CLAY; INCINERATED SEWAGE SLUDGE ASH; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SLUDGE;

ASH CHARACTERISTICS; CERAMICS; PHOSPHATE RECOVERY; POZZOLANIC CEMENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATION; SINTERED BRICK AND TILE;

INCINERATION; RECYCLING; SEWAGE;

EID: 84885189853     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.05.024     Document Type: Review

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