Production and Effective Utilization of Carbonized Sludge of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant

Abstract

Industrial wastewater sludge was successfully converted into a carbonized product of maximum environmental benefits. Carbonization was carried out to determine an optimum temperature conditions in order to get low temperature carbonization product of required characteristics. Stack gas emissions throughout the course of carbonization and fuel quality characteristics of the carbonized product were also monitored. Analyses of the carbonized product for its possible applications as farm land additive and as green fuel utilization were also conducted. Main objective of the study was to get comparative study of the carbonized sludge; a by-product of industrial wastewater treatment plant, with the sludge stabilized by other heat treatment techniques.