Chemical Stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Fly Ash without Any Commercial Chemicals: First Pilot-Plant Scaling Up

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5561-5569

  Benassi, Laura ^a   Pasquali, Michela ^a   Zanoletti, Alessandra ^a   Dalipi, Rogerta ^a   Borgese, Laura ^a   Depero, Laura Eleonora ^a   Vassura, Ivano ^b   Quina, Margarida J ^c   Bontempi, Elza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

COSMOS RICE; Fly ash; Heavy metals; Rice husk ash; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

COAL ASH; FLY ASH; HEAVY METALS; INCINERATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LEACHING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PILOT PLANTS; SOLID WASTES; STABILIZATION;

CHEMICAL STABILIZATION; COMMERCIAL CHEMICALS; COSMOS-RICE; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION FLY ASHES; POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS; RICE HUSK ASH;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84989877043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01294     Document Type: Article

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